In Fight against corruption, how Website/ mobile applications can help? – Some Examples

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The priciple is, Solution to remove corruption is to remove darkness by lighting lamps of transperancy and cleanness in Govt. Actions. And here Software Engineers can help.

SOME EXAMPLES TO SHOW HOW WEBSITE DEVELOPERS AND MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPERS CAN HELP IN REMOVING CORRUPTION

1) ONE EXAMPLE: Uploading Mobile Videos of Corruption

People need power in their hand to fight corruption. It shoould be as easy as clicking on a mobile application.

Take example of chaos and corruption in Railway.

A website can be put where people can post or upload their good or bad experience in train. From train itself they can upload video or photo about services in train. (Video of TT or police taking bribe).

Or a photo of stale food served in train can tell a lot.

People can share this vedio on social media.

IF date, time and geo location is recorded in video, it is evidence.

This mobile application can improve railway experiences.

2) SECOND EXAMPLE

A MOBILE APPLICATION TO EXPOSE INEFFICIENCY OF MUNICIPLE AUTHORITIES

The duty to keep clean cities is on Municiple authorities.

A website for each city and municiple authority can be set up.

If any one sees a very dirty and unclean corner in any municiple or govt officeplace, he can just upload it with name of govt office and time and day of video. This post can be shared on twitter and facebook.

Obviously, someone in municiple corporation is bound to take follow up action.

3) THIRD EXAMPLE

Politicians do not fear scam exposed in newspapers. Because they believe that people will forget in few days.

But if people are given power to collect, “Their Own Liked Corruption Stories” and keep them in their own Evernote or Dropbox or Cloud account, they would certainly go for this hobby.

A Mobile Application to publish snapshots of corruption stories in newspapers has market because so many people on twitter are tweeting scam stories.

4) FOURTH EXAMPLE

A Mobile application to record date and time during which electricity goes off. The collected data should be then shown in charts.

These charts will expose inefficiency of Electricity companies. The records to be shared and placed on website.

This may reduce uninformed electricity cut offs.

5) FIFTH EXAMOLE

To Clean Rivers.

Many people living on river bank may like a Mobile application to upload video of people throwing garbage in rivers.

Dedicated websites for this purpose can create a momentum in people at river banks.

6) SIXTH EXAMPLE

Almost all Anti-corruption branches have email addresses.

A mobile application to locate nearest anti-corruption branch office can help people in making emails and complaints.

7) SEVENTH EXAMPLE

A mobile application to collect and forward complaints against judiciary to the website of High Court (Should be set up after obtaining permission of Court)

8) EIGTH EXAMPLE

A mobile application giving News Feed about private people taking actions against corruption.

The Corruption is Market for Software Engineers. There are profits to be made.

The People also need to be empowered with mobile technology to fight against corruption wherever they see it.

Haresh Raichura
12th June, 2012

Wake Up India! Every Citizen has right to run Sting Operation on any currupt public servant with permission of Police Dept.

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Yes. This is about your right to run sting operation on any corrupt public servant or government servant. Use your rights if you want your next generation to live in a Corruption Free India.

Discuss this idea with a group of your friends. Circulate This Idea to more people to discuss workability.

An Earlier Story

I read this story many years ago in Reader’s Digest.

A newly joined lawyer saw that there was lot of corruption in District Court. Judges were corrupt. Public Prosecutors were corrupt. Lawyers were taking money from otherside for losing cases of their own client.

His blood boiled.

He went to Police Chief and asked permission to run sting operations on corrupts.

The police gave him permission for one month on One condition:

1) Everyday evening, he will file a report in office as to who was given bribe, how much and tape or video recording.

This was a safe guard to see that that the “Sting Operator Do not Himself Become a Blackmailer”.

For One Month

This young lawyer kept running sting operation on Judges, Court Clerks, Public Prosecutors, Lawyers. Every evening he deposited details in police office.

Then the scandal was broke. Police registered cases against about 30 Judges, Lawyers, Public Prosecutors, court clerks etc.

Actions from High Court followed.

EXPECT AND BE READY TO FACE A SERIOUS BACKLASH

This lawyer did a good service and exposed corruption in District Court. But thereafter, it was not possible for him to practise in court. Everyone shuned him.

He shifted to practice in another city.

WHAT YOU CAN DO?

If you want to run a Sting Operation, at your own cost and at your own risk, go to Police Chief and ask permission under Sec.149 and 154 of Criminal Procedure Code. He may ignore your application. He may refuse.

Then write a joint letter to (1) Chief Justice of India, (Letter Petitions), (2) Chief Justice of Nearest High Court (LetterPetitions)

Title your letter as : Application under Art.226 to direct Police to grant permission to Run Sting Operation.

If You get no response from High Court or Supreme Court, then consult a lawyer and file regular writ petition in High Court. Do not forget to mention earlier letter which you posted and you applications to Police.

High Court will take the call.

The suggestion above is new. Law needs to be examined and settled. Someone has to take First Step.

Haresh Raichura
11June, 2012