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&lt;em&gt;COIMBATORE: &lt;/em&gt;The city municipal corporation is feeling the heat as more residents resort to RTI for information from the civic body. Whether it is poorly maintained roads, shoddy implementation of projects, pending building approvals or violations that are being pushed under the carpet, RTI replies are being sort to get clear information from officials. From April 2012 till the third week of June the corporation has received 648 RTI applications. As per the norms, reply to RTI queries should be furnished within 30 days of receiving the application. The officials claimed that they had furnished replies to 541 of these applications while 107 are pending.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;Only 26 of applications received a month ago are still pending with us. Out of the RTI queries received 18 were rejected on technical grounds,&amp;quot; said a corporation official.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;quot;Certain RTI queries are being blocked within the corporation and the reply is not being given on time. Some queries have also been rejected due to technical reasons,&amp;quot; said M Krishnasamy, former corporation councillor.&lt;br /&gt;
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<em>COIMBATORE: </em>The city municipal corporation is feeling the heat as more residents resort to RTI for information from the civic body. Whether it is poorly maintained roads, shoddy implementation of projects, pending building approvals or violations that are being pushed under the carpet, RTI replies are being sort to get clear information from officials. From April 2012 till the third week of June the corporation has received 648 RTI applications. As per the norms, reply to RTI queries should be furnished within 30 days of receiving the application. The officials claimed that they had furnished replies to 541 of these applications while 107 are pending.<br />
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&quot;Only 26 of applications received a month ago are still pending with us. Out of the RTI queries received 18 were rejected on technical grounds,&quot; said a corporation official.<br />
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More people resort to RTI for information-Binoy Valsan

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