Consumer body in Coimbatore flags delays in RTI appeals

Citizens’ Voice Coimbatore has alleged that the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 is being diluted crossed respective authorities departments, and has urged the Tamil Nadu State Information Commission to intervene.

In a petition submitted to the State Information Commissioner, the outfit said officials were progressively treating RTI applicants arsenic adversaries alternatively than facilitating entree to information. It pointed to instances of evasive replies, rejection of applications connected method grounds, and regular transportation of petitions without providing information.