Anna in ‘danger zone’, may need to be hospitalized in 24-48 hours

Docs Fear Fast May Affect BP, Kidney & HeartNew Delhi: Anna Hazare's health became a serious cause of concern on Monday as his fast entered the seventh day, adding to the worries of the Manmohan Singh government which seems to be groping to find a solution to the standoff over the Lokpal bill. 

    Doctors said the Gandhian was in the "danger zone" and may require urgent hospitalization in the next 24 to 48 hours. Hazare, who used to address the gathering at the Ramlila Maidan twice every day until Sunday, did not speak even once on Monday. He spent most of the time lying down while thousands stepped out to reach the maidan in support of his agitation. Hazare's weight is down to 67 kg from 72 kg—he has lost five kg in seven days-—his blood pressure is 130/80 and pulse rate 90, according to the health bulletin issued by his doctors. 
    The longest he has fasted until now is for 12 days. Anna brigade takes fight to netas' door A nswering Anna Hazare's clarion call, people all over the country are assembling outside homes or offices of their elected MPs to show support for the anti-corruption movement. In Mumbai, while Priya Dutt said she favoured some provisions of the Jan Lokpal like bringing the judiciary under its ambit, Sanjay Nirupam showed his solidarity with Team Anna by wearing a Gandhi topi. P 2 & 11 Muslim clerics slam Imam Bukhari's call There are few takers for Syed Ahmed Bukhari's 
call to Muslims to shun Anna's anti-corruption movement. In Delhi, the All India Ulema Council described the Jama Masjid chief cleric's appeal as his "personal view'' and said corruption affects the weaker sections, including Muslims, the most. In Mumbai, Muslim NGOs and clerics described Bukhari's statement as divisive. P 2 At Maidan, 80,000 celebrate carnival against corruption The 80,000-strong crowd turned the seventh day of Anna Hazare's fast at the Ramlila Maidan into a carnival against corruption. They waved the tricolour, sang patriotic songs and turned a muggy day into a celebration of a vibrant democracy. In fact, police sources at the ground put the figure at more than a lakh. While a group from Lucknow rendered its latest YouTube hit, actor Kabir Bedi, flute player Ronu Majumdar and singer Kailash Kher sent the crowd into a tizzy. P 11 Anna discontinues yoga, advised to speak less 
New Delhi: Cardiologist Dr Naresh Trehan, who is leading the team monitoring Anna Hazare's health, on Monday said, "His condition is not life-threatening is what I can say." But there is a rise in ketone levels — the presence of certain acids and acetone in blood and urine — which means the body is breaking down stored fat instead of the usual glucose. 
    Dr Anoop Misra of Fortis Hospital told TOI, "The patient has already entered the danger zone. He will need medical attention within the next 24-48 hours. The fast may affect the heart, kidney and blood pressure depending on how fast Anna's ketone level rises." 
    While Hazare does not yet require hospitalization, his failing health complicates the Centre's political risk as any mishap will prove catastrophic for the Manmohan Singh government. But removing the fasting leader for forced-feeding from the Ramlila Maidan or administering drips there is a fraught job, not the least because of the 24x7 media coverage of the protest. Increased ketone levels are caused by fasting or starvation when the body is deprived of carbohydrates. Persistent high levels after a prolonged hunger strike can harm kidney function. Despite increased water intake, the 74-year-old Gandhian's health condition is deteriorating and he is very weak. He has discontinued morning yoga and has been advised to speak less. 
    Sources said if Hazare's condition was not rectified, he might need to be hospitalized soon to administer insulin intravenously. Hazare has earlier declared that if the government tries to force-feed him or admit him to a hospital against his wishes, he would give up water intake as well. 
One-hour toilette before stage routine 
New Delhi: He's the public face of a mass campaign, but few know that at heart, Anna Hazare is a private man. Every day, after the curtain comes down at Ramlila Maidan around 10pm, Anna retires to a makeshift room backstage, where he remains away from public eye for at least 11 hours. Back in Ralegan Siddhi, his reclusive nature is well-known. His confidants say Anna uses this time to rest and focus his thoughts. He devotes two hours every morning to writing. But before that, he, surprisingly, spends the better part of an hour on his toilette, says a Tihar jail official. "Anna is very particular about getting ready... Given his army background, he wants a spic-and-span dhoti in the morning, and even shaving is a must." How does he reconcile his nature with his very public role? "He likes privacy but is aware of his immense popularity and is humbled by it," an aide said. TNN 
How long can Anna fast? 
High ketone level is dangerous. Ketones are acidic compounds produced when the body burns fat or energy. It can cause complications in functioning of kidney and heart and in brain consciousness. Doctors say Anna might require immediate hospitalization if ketone level keeps rising 
During fast, body gets energy from | Stored glycogen in liver, protein in body tissues, stored fat 
Effects on hormonal system | Insulin levels drop as body ceases to ingest carbohydrates 
Risks associated with fasting | Prolonged fast can cause renal and heart failure

In just a decade, Navi Mum population jumps by 87%

GROWTH STORY

From Being A Satellite City, It Is Now A Bustling Residential And Commercial Hub    At the dawn of the new millennium, Navi Mumbai was a small town where people could stay in affordable homes and travelled all the way to the "city" to reach their workplaces. 

    No one had envisaged that in 10 years, the humble satellite town would metamorphose into a bustling city, with a decadal population growth of 86.6%, which is much higher than suburban Mumbai's population growth of mere 8.01%. Even as the stretches of green, empty roads and lakes gave way to malls, offices and towering buildings with a staggering population boom, most families staying there cast their votes in favour of "spaced-out" Navi Mumbai rather than the concrete jungle of Mumbai. 
    Navi Mumbai, which came into being in 1970, was designed to house a maximum population of 40 lakh. But the latest socio-economic survey conducted by the City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (Cidco) has revealed that the figure has already touched the 20-lakh mark. 
    And according to experts, one of the reasons behind people suddenly converging on the quiet neighbourhood was the shifting of businesses there. Unlike in the past, when most of the people living there had to travel to Mumbai for work every day, now, a good 68% of the population lives and works in the satellite city. Of the total 6.97 lakh residents, 4.74 lakh work in Navi Mumbai itself. Cidco's chief spokesperson Mohan Ninawe agrees that the growth of the "City of 21st Century", as Navi Mumbai is now known, has been tremendous at the turn of the century when business started to shift there. "The infotech (IT) offices first moved here a decade ago when there was a boom in the call-centre sector; then various other businesses followed. Malls and multiplexes have come up and we are also planning to have a Metro rail and an international airport. All these have made Navi Mumbai a big independent city," said Ninawe. 
    Though the quiet neighbourhood has been witnessing more and more buildings coming up every day, the survey conducted in all the 12 nodes of Navi Mumbai showed that some of the houses, 13% of them, were still unoccupied. The estimated number of dwelling units in the 12 nodes is 3,66,717, out which, 3,18,635 are occupied and the remaining 48,082 still vacant. 
    It also seems that most of the people who have set up homes in Navi Mumbai over the past few years are Maharshtrians. In 1995, it could don the tag of being cosmopolitan with only 51% of the population being Maharashtrian. But over the past 15 years, the figure has risen by 43%, taking the Maharashtrian percentage to 73.4 among all the households in the city.

    It's amazing how the city has grown. With it, the cost of housing has also become high. Posh flats on Palm Beach Road and in certain parts of Vashi cost over Rs 1 crore, which is disconcerting 
— M Shroff | SECY, MCHI

When we opened Navratna in 1985, there was no other eatery except for one tiny restaurant. Starting our restaurant was my partner Gasper Serrao's idea who could gauge the business potential of an eatery at a place that did not have any decent place to eat 
— M Shetty | OWNER, 
NAVRATNA RESTAURANT

CHANGING VISTA: Today's Navi Mumbai (left), with its towers and offices, has come a long way since its inception as seen in a picture (right) taken by Vashi resident Vilas Supanekar

THREE STEPS TO CLEAN INDIA

After proposing cures to the menace of corruption, TOI approached some of India's best brains and asked them for suggestions on ways to curb the one problem that is agitating the mind of every Indian. Each of them was asked to suggest three remedies. Here is what these eminent professionals, representing various sections of society, had to say

    NARESH CHANDRA 
FORMER CABINET SECRETARY 
TACKLE THE MENACE from the inside, since outside agencies can't do much. 
UNNECESSARY CONCENTRATION on agencies such as the CVC and the CAG should go. 
HOLD THE SUPERVISOR responsible. Strengthen vertical controls in property registration offices or in DDA or at municipal corporations. 
    K SRINATH REDDY 
CHIEF | PRIME MINISTER'S HEALTH PANEL BLUE-COLLAR CORRUPTION needs better pay scales and income security, strict monitoring and swift grievance redressal. 
WHITE-COLLAR CORRUPTION calls for robust regulatory system, vigilance & prompt prosecution. 
GO FOR transparent systems, limit discretionary patronage & enable effective action by Lokpal. 
    TSR SUBRAMANIAN 
FORMER CABINET SECRETARY 
    Different methods have to be used to tackle corruption at different levels but the Lokpal is not a one-point solution. 
WHERE THE LOKPAL can help is in asking politicians and senior bureaucrats to step down if it finds that primafacie there is evidence against them. This will put pressure on the judiciary to act fast. IF YOU EXTEND the Lokpal to the lower level then the system will collapse. So you need strong local-level systems. You can create a local level, may be divisional level system, which works under the supervision of the state Lokayukta and ensure quicker decisions. 
AT THE SAME TIME, it is important to have a system to eliminate political interference starting from the local level. 
    V M KATOCH 
DIRECTOR GENERAL | ICMR E-GOVERNANCE IS KEY to ridding corruption. Once everything becomes online, there will be little opportunity for corruption. A perfect example is that of railway tickets. ALL GOVT PROJECTS must betime-bound. Fixed time for all projects failing which a strict penalty for those involved. 
ALL THOSE INVOLVED in technical evaluation of bids must have clear well-defined instructions, especially on rejection criteria. No committee should have the power to relax any rules midway. 
    HARISH SALVE 
SENIOR COUNSEL 
ELECTORAL REFORMS to eliminate the corrupt and criminals. 
TRANSPARENCY in leasing out national resources. 
DELINK PSUs from ministries, run them by professionals and list them. 
DOWNSIZE GOVT and pay realistic salaries. 
    RAM JETHMALANI 
MP | RAJYA SABHA 
THE PRIME MINISTER MUST BE DIRECTLY ELECTED by people and be accountable for corruption in his council of ministers. 
THE JUDICIARY MUST BE COMPLETELY purified to eliminate advocates with political leanings becoming judges. 
IT IS CRITICAL TO IMPROVE CHARACTER and efficiency of investigating. 
    PRAKASH SINGH 
FORMER DG | UP POLICE & BSF DEPOLITICISE and rejuvenate state polices' anti-corruption and vigilance departments. REINVENT CBI, free it from governmental control. 
AUDIT GOVERNMENT'S FUNDING 
and social funding in a very transparent manner. 
    IQBAL CHAGLA 
SENIOR COUNSEL 
CIVIL SOCIETY cannot impose a law on the nation. That is the job of the Parliament. We have stringent laws to deal with corruption. We must enforce them strictly. Action in punishing the guilty must not only be done, but seen to be done, so that it sends out a strong message. 
PROSECUTE both, the bribe-taker and bribe-giver. 
MOST IMPORTANTLY, people must be self disciplined so that bribery stops. There are no readymade answers but there has to be collective consciousness of what is good and bad. 
    AJIT DOVAL 
FORMER DIRECTOR | IB BEYOND THE LAWS we are discussing at the national level, I am more concerned about the need to improve the situation at the cutting-edge level of administration, offices with which our public have a lot of dealings. 
AGENCIES SUCH AS THE CBI, ED 
etc that enforce the laws should be made independent, efficient and accountable. SENIOR LEADERSHIP in every department must be held accountable for any corruption detected in their department. This is not covered under the present jurisprudence, but is very important to end corruption. So if a subordinate is caught for corruption then the supervisor must be administratively held accountable. 
IN ALL PUBLIC DELIVERY OFFICES 
touts must go, they should be brought under the ambit of law. If touts are operating in a department then it must be presumed that officers in that office are responsible for it. It is important to shut out intermediaries from our passport and driving licence offices.

    VENU SRINIVASAN 
MANAGING DIRECTOR | TVS 
Every time there's a scam or an allegation, the first reaction is to increase deterrence. But I feel we need to reduce the opportunity for corruption in the first place. Deterrence comes later. 
MY FIRST SUGGESTION is to ensure fair, open and transparent awarding of contracts with regard to infrastructure projects or mining or land acquisition for industry. I have noticed, except for a few exceptions, land acquired for industry has not faced too much of public anger or angst because it has meant jobs and more opportunities. Opaque or ambiguous awarding of contracts leads to public anger and offers a huge opportunity for corruption. 
WE NEED TO DO a rethink on the way liberalisation seems to be heading back towards over-regulation. Every ministry is suddenly looking for a regulator with the first whiff of an allegation or scam. A regulator is necessary in a situation where an oligopoly can diddle the public out of their right. It is common globally to have a financial regulator and a food regulator makes sense to ensure standardisation. But regulation should be minimum otherwise we would be going right back to the days of licence-permit raj. PROPER ENFORCEMENT OF LAWS is a must. India does not lack regulation. What we need is free and fair enforcement of those laws. And it can start with traffic laws on the streets. Corruption is not just about money. It is also about ethics in public life. Anything that violates it can trigger public anger.

    ANU AGA 
FORMER CHAIRPERSON | THERMAX GROUP 
POLITICAL PARTY funding should be legitimised. Payments should be made only through cheques 
COMPANIES SHOULD ADMIT that there is corruption and admit there is dishonesty and sign a code of right conduct. Since they are pushed into it as companies cannot do without paying it, there should be a mechanism by which they can sit across the table with the government to address it. 
GET RID OF the nexus between politicians and builders and mining companies. There should be zero tolerance for it.

    RAHUL BAJAJ 
CHAIRMAN, BAJAJ AUTO | MP, RAJYA SABHA 
ENACTMENT OF A STRONG Lokpal Bill. This should be stronger than the bill introduced by the government in Parliament, but not as strong as that demanded by the civil society through the Jan Lokpal bill. 
STATE FUNDING OF ELECTIONS. This should be part of the electoral reform process and must be undertaken urgently. There should be a mechanism to recognise political parties. The state funding should be for only those political parties whose accounts are transparent, clean and audited, and have been submitted to the Election Commission for scrutiny. 
ELECTORAL REFORMS. 
This should include holding elections to Lok Sabha & state Assemblies simultaneously every five years with no mid-term polls.

HARSH MARIWALA 
CMD, MARICO | PRESIDENT, FICCI 
BRING IN GOODS & SERVICES TAX 
which will remove tax evasion. Corruption takes place when there are multiple levels of taxes. 
BRING IN ELECTORAL REFORMS and transparency in the funding process of 
political parties. 
HAVE A PROPER MECHANISM 
for use of discretionary powers; such as the one under which mines are alloted.

    RAMAKANT PANDA 
SENIOR CARDIAC SURGEON 
    Corruption is the biggest stumbling block to the country's progress. The fight to eradicate corruption must be multi-pronged & broadbased. Opinion of a wider section of society must be taken into account while not subverting the democratic and parliamentary process. 
WE NEED STRONG LOKPAL & LOKAYUKTA laws with teeth but at the same time strong deterrence against misuse (as is happening with RTI where people are using it more for personal gain than fight corruption). 
BETTER INSPECTION of criminal records of political aspirants. 
INTRODUCING ETHICS and moral education at school and college level.

    JM LYNGDOH 
FORMER CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER 
THE FIRST THING is to change the electoral system. The first-past-the-post system needs to go. If I get one vote more than you I get to represent the entire constituency. This system promotes the use of money. A person who spends more money will wield more power, that's the assumption everybody makes. The firstpast-the-post system is at root of the requirement for much money. That's why in the present system they start looting the budget once they are elected and that money becomes black money. Some of it is invested in the country in real estate and some of it is sent to the tax havens abroad and returns when there is another round of elections. The first-past-thepost system is concerned with re-election and has no concern for good governance. 
WE SHOULD GO for proportional representation where it will be a contest between parties. When it is a contest between parties things will tend to get less personalised and use of money is going to be much less. 
IN DEVELOPED DEMOCRACIES today, people have realised politicians do not have the time or inclination to handle the more complex aspects of governance. So these complex matters of governance are hived off from the government to autonomous unelected bodies of experts. Issues such as 2G and 3G are complex and should be handed over to an autonomous unelected body of experts and ministers should not interfere with these institutions just as they can't with the Supreme Court and the Election Commission. You need more institutions such as the Election Commission and the Supreme Court in more areas of governance.

    KISHORE BIYANI 
FOUNDER | FUTURE GROUP 
OUR VALUE SYSTEM of the past has to be revived. Honesty, putting the nation first — all these values were an important part of our culture. Corporates should also inculcate values in their employees. 
OUR LEARNING 
needs to start from home. 
WORK ON IMPROVING 
salaries and rewards for professionals across the private and public sector.

    ABHISHEK MANU SINGHVI 
SPOKESPERSON | CONGRESS 
METHODICAL DELETION of discretionary powers at all levels. 
MARKET VALUE of land be fixed and dealings below it be scrutinised. 
PUNITIVE AND DETERRENT action against corrupt in a time-bound manner. 
MEASURES LIKE LOKPAL, strengthening of prosecution, CVC and CBI.

    HARSH NEOTIA 
CHAIRMAN | AMBUJA REALTY 
THERE SHOULD BE a greater transparency in allocation of resources. Complete transparency in the licensing process of oil blocks, iron ore blocks, spectrum allocation, would reduce chances of corruption at macro level. 
GOVERNMENT SHOULD TRY to eliminate shortages. As long as there is a shortage, there will be corruption. TEN YEARS AGO, one had to bribe officials for a telephone line because it was not easily available. Now nobody pays a bribe.

    BIMAL JALAN 
FORMER RBI GOVERNOR 
WE NEED TO REDUCE the "economic incentives" for politics. Those who join the government cannot defect without having to seek re-election. The pre-2003 procedure for elections to Rajya Sabha should be restored. 
ANOTHER POLITICAL PRIORITY is to provide highest priority for hearing of cases of elected leaders with criminal antecedents. Their cases should be mandatorily decided within six months after their election. Such a procedure would effectively "reverse" the incentive for criminals to choose politics in order to delay investigation of their cases and possible conviction. 
IF UPSC CAN APPOINT civil servants through a competitive and open system for life-time employment, there is no reason why a similar autonomous agency, like Public Sector Enterprises Board (PSEB) cannot be given full powers of supervision over the management of public enterprise with accountability to ministries concerned.

LOUD & CLEAR A supporter of Anna Hazare during the jail bharo andolan at Azad Maidan in Mumbai, soon after the anticorruption crusader was arrested in New Delhi earlier this week

‘India to be $5.6tn economy by 2020’

New Delhi: India will become a $5.6-trillion economy, from $1.73 trillion in FY11, by 2020, according to research firm Dun & Bradstreet, which has predicted a three-fold jump in the country's GDP from $1.7 trillion last fiscal on the back of rapid investment and growing consumer expenditure.
   The rate of investment, consumer expenditure and infrastructure spending will be the driving force behind the country's economic growth over the next 10 years, D&B economist Arun Singh said, adding that these conclusions are part of a report which is scheduled to be released tomorrow. The share of discretionary spending is projected to increase considerably to 72% of private consumption expenditure from around 60% in FY10. Besides, the share of the services sector is expected to surge from 57% of the GDP in FY10 to 61.8% in FY20. Another major contributor to the growth would be rapid investment in the infrastructure area. Infrastructure sector spending is expected to rise to 12% of the GDP by FY20 from around 7% of the GDP in FY11.
   In terms of regions, eight states—Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Orissa and Uttar Pradesh—would contribute 71% of the total GDP in the next 10 years, as compared to 66% in FY10. Further, the report said Maharashtra, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh will be amongst the most developed states in the country by 2020 and would together contribute 32% to the overall GDP. AGENCIES

CITY STANDS FAST BY ANNA HAZARE

1,600 Detained As Mumbaikars Come Out In Strength To Slam Anna's Arrest

Linah Baliga | TNN 

Thousands of ordinary citizens swamped Azad Maidan on Tuesday to lend their support for Anna Hazare and his anti-corruption campaign. Waving the tricolour and wearing Gandhi caps, masses of professionals, housewives and students converged at the south Mumbai ground soon after the news broke of the activist's arrest in New Delhi. 
    From late morning, slogans like "Anna nahin aandhi hain, dusre Mahatma Gandhi hain" rang in the air at Azad Maidan as citizens answered Hazare's call for a 'jail bharo' agitation. They came sporting 'Arrest Me' stickers on their clothes and 'I am Anna Hazare' stencilled on their Gandhi caps. They came by trains, buses, cars, on foot. Far away, more people held rallies in Vashi, Nerul, Koparkhairane, Rabale, Kharghar and Panvel. 
    By day's end, more than 1,600 people across Mumbai had been detained under sections 68 and 69 of the Bombay Police Act. Of these, 1,527 were detained at Azad Maidan and D B Marg police stations; 47 in Matunga and Dadar; 30 in Dindoshi. All of them were released within a few hours. No detentions or arrests were made in Thane, Kalyan and Bhiwandi. 
    While the police said that no one was detained in Navi Mumbai since the rallies were peaceful, some Hazare supporters alleged that 30 were detained for half an hour in Nerul. 
    Hazare's supporters had proposed peaceful protests in the city in view of the Gandhian's planned indefinite strike. But those plans were dropped after Hazare's arrest. Azad Maidan, as a result, became the protest venue. 
    "We are ashamed of the government. It arrested a man, who has no family, no assets, no house of his own and is fighting for us," said Sharvari Gupta, a housewife from Borivli who came to Azad Maidan to pledge her support to Hazare. "We were let down by the PM's Independence Day speech, where he said that there was no magic wand to solve the issue of corruption." 
    Sameer Chaturvedi, a 17-year-old K C College student, bunked on Tuesday to be a part of the movement. "Skipping college is no big deal. Someone has to end this rot of corruption." 
    The situation got tense at Azad Maidan for a while when BJP workers tried to enter, waving saffron flags and shouting, "Hum tumhare saath hai (We are with you)." They were stopped at the gate by citizens and told to swap their saffron flags for the tricolour. The workers, after mulling the demand, acquiesced. 
    Inside, activist Medha Patkar belted out a fiery speech, asking the protesters: "Raise your hands if you've never been to jail. How many would like to go to jail?" A sea of hands went up in reply. 
    Mayank Gandhi, chief co-ordinator for India Against Corruption, said, "Every time, Congressmen Kapil Sibal and Manish Tewari open their mouths, we get 10,000 more protesters. Our movement is gaining momentum due to them." 
    Later, Team Anna in Mumbai, which includes Gandhi, and some women and senior citizens courted arrest by spilling out onto Mahaplika Marg from Azad Maidan. Twenty police vans were called to spot, each of which ferried away 35-40 protesters. Traffic in the area came to a standstill despite the police's decision to divert vehicles to M G Road and L T Marg. 
    Some protesters demanded that they be locked up on being taken to the Azad Maidan police station. Nawal Bajaj, additional commissioner (south region), explained to them that "arrest does not mean being in a lock-up. You are technically arrested under section 68 of the Bombay Police Act. Give your details and you can leave in a few hours." Once released, protesters returned to the streets, singing songs and preparing for a similar protest on Wednesday.

FOREIGN CONNECTION: Activists try to win over the support of a French couple at Thane railway station