Bhubaneswar based Orissa Consumer Welfare Foundation: a senior citizen group to help consumers
Bhubaneswar- Cuttack- Puri, Consumer Protection Council, RKL, Odisha Consumer Welfare Foundation, Rourkela- Kansbahal, Websites of Interest September 22nd. 2007, 8:46amFollowing is an excerpt from a New Indian Express report on them.
Do wrong credit card bills scare the daylight out of you while your bank doesn?t give a damn to your complaints?
Are you worried that sanitation work in your locality leaves a lot to be desired and Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation is not bothered? Have problems with weights and measures issues but you don’t know who to look forward to? You can turn to a group of senior citizens who would guide you how to go about it.
Assembled under the banner of Orissa Consumer Welfare Foundation (OCWF), they have joined hands to make consumers aware about their rights, and in cases, they would even take up your cause and fight on your behalf.
They may be ageing but they come from different walks of life and with a varied experience behind them. Some of them have long been social workers while others have put in decades as professionals.
All that one has to do as a consumer is write to the foundation and drop complaints in their drop-boxes kept at two points in the City. Members of OCWF would get back to them seeking an audience so that next course of action can be decided. …
“Over 90 percent of the consumers are not even aware that when one gets LPG cylinder, the delivery man must weigh it first. The foundation would take up consumer rights activism in an organised manner,” Jena said.
Rout said, OCWF would help individual consumers in different ways. “Not many know who to approach to in case of rights violation and how. We will draft letters, guide them with technicalities.”
The two contact points of OCWF are: 95 & 96, Surya Nagar as well as Sri Aurobindo House, Near Syndicate Bank Building, Kalpana Square.
A similar organization called “Consumer Protection Council, Rourkela” already exists in Rourkela and they even have a website. Their address, phone number, fax and email are:
Consumer Protection Council, Rourkela
C/66, Sector-2
Rourkela-769006. Orissa. India
Ph/Fax: +91-661-2472521, 2640810
Email: vaidya@advantageconsumer.com or rkl_cpcrkl@sancharnet.in
November 5th, 2008 at 8:32 am
This is the sute I was looking for.As I was in a search of consumer welfare office address in ORISSA, since long.
July 26th, 2010 at 5:12 pm
I am fortunate to find this website. This is going to immensely help the Senior Citizens Consumers. I have been cheated by great concerns like M/S Maruti Udyog Limited(presenly Maruti Suzuki Limited) and SBI Credit Card. I will be immensely grateful if you kindly CONTACT ME. My Telephone No 0671-2521515,Cell No.9438384225. Waiting for your help:Niranjan Prasad Mohanty
July 26th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
Kindly talk to me on Cell No.9438384225 and help me to scale over my problems imposed on me by Maruti Udyog Limited and SBI Card.
Thanks
Niranjan Prasad Mohanty
December 18th, 2012 at 2:51 pm
The SBI Credit Card in my favour was terminated in Jan’2007 and all dues were also cleared by me. In this regard all relevant documents are still with me. Now, while applying for a loan, the concerned bank informed me that my name is in CIBIL report and an amounting to Rs.4882/- is showing as Credit card “Over due” against my name. Please advise me through my e-mail and oblige.