CoRWA Demands Choice for Citizens to Declare Themselves Secular in Census
The Confederation of RWAs (CoRW), has demanded that citizens have the choice of declaring themselves secular in the impending national census exercise. In a communication to the Registrar General of India, Dr Vivek Joshi, the national body of RWAs, has highlighted that in a secular state caste and religious identities should not be thrust on residents. At present as per the census forms to be filled, it is almost obligatory indicate one's caste and religion. "In the interests of national unity and good governance these two identities…
CoRWA Updates - June 2020
On RERA Act A Zoom conference was held on Sunday, 31st May, 2020 from 11 am to 12h30 pm On the subject of: Provisions in respect of Advertisement, Marketing and Promotions U/ S 12 of RERA and its applicable Rules. Program Moderator – CA Vinay Thyagaraj, Bengaluru. Speakers: 1. CA. Ramesh Prabhu Mumbai - Opening Remarks on Importance of Promotion and Advertisement under RERA. 2. Adv. E Suhail Ahmed, Bengaluru - Requirement of Sec 12 and types of promotions etc. 3. CA. Pulkit Mehta, Indore, MP - Circular / Guidelines …
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Events in Mumbai Road Safety - Our Roles & Responsibility On 16th January an interactive session was organised by ‘Together VCAN’ (V Citizens Action Network) with Mumbai Police, Traffic Division, where Sri Madhukar Pande, IPS, Joint Commissioner Traffic Police met with citizens at Royal Bombay Yatch Club to discuss Road Safety- Our Roles & Responsibility. Housing Societies Pitch in to Help Senior Citizens Gautam Saigal, who acts as the co-ordinator for Raheja Hillside society in Chandivali, said that since “No domestic work…
State Level Federations Mooted to Strengthen RWA Mission
In a bid to provide a more streamlined structure and engagement model to the Resident Welfare Association (RWA), movement in India, residents’ associations have mooted the concept of City Federations of RWAs and Forums of RWAs (FoRWA)s at the state level. While currently there is the Confederation of RWAs (CoRWA), the apex body of welfare associations in India, founded by civil society stalwart Dr Rao V.B.J Chelikani, there is a need for an institution to take forward the movement and guide RWAs at the state-level said M. Chandrasekhara R…
Mesures to control pollution in Ghaziabad
CoRWA Updates Air Pollution can be Controlled by Political & Administrative Will in Ghaziabad Induct 300 CNG City Busses in Big Cities : PM 2.5 in air pollution is created mainly due to vehicular emissions and stubble burning. If we have adequate number of CNG City busses whose frequency is known and whose destination is compatible to last mile connectivity, people will decrease the use of their personal cars. Consequently the deadly PM 2.5, PM 1 and Benzene will get diminished in the Air. (PM 2.5 means particula…
CoRWA Updates
Vasant Vihar Welfare Association, New Delhi President’s Remarks: We are proud to inform our residents that our Vasant Vihar is GARDEN WASTE FREE ZONE for the last one year. With great effort by VVWA and with the help of our Councillor, Shri Manish Aggarwal and Ch. Man Singh, Inspector and in charge of SDMC Nursery, we are able to achieve this target. The Manure supplied in all the parks of Vasant Vihar is from this composting only. The garden waste from the Vasant Vihar parks and trees on the roads is collected by trucks and brought to Nursery…
CoRWA Bulletin August 2018
Ayushman Bharat Health Insurance Ayushman Bharat, the Social Health Insurance Plan, launched by the Government of India on August 15, 2018 can cover those who working for residents of the RWAs, such as the domestic helpers, maids, watchmen, drivers, milkman, grocery shop assistants, gardeners, newspaper vendors, etc. The family Insurance premium will be Rs.1000-1200 / for a health coverage of Rs 5.00 Lacs per year. Please advise the residents about this scheme for which one can register online through website: Pradhan Mantri Yojana.in Kanti Ve…
Clean Urban Environment and Constitutional Status to RWAs, the focus of CoRWA Five-Year Roadmap
Decides to restructure body with increased zonal representation Engendering clean environs, with a focus on increasing the participation of RWAs in effective solid waste management, steps to accord constitutional status to RWAs and monitoring the implementation of RERA in states, are some of the focus areas that the Confederation of Resident Welfare Associations (CoRWA), has set for itself in its Five-Year Roadmap. A special Executive Committee Meeting of the CoRWA held in Mumbai last week, also agreed to a proposal to restructure the CoRWA to…
Residents Sensitise Railways Authorities on Sorry State of Alwal Station
GAASA- Alwal [caption id="attachment_786" align="alignleft" width="300"] GAAS cautions Railways authorities on the dismal state of Alwal Railway Station[/caption] Concerned at the sorry state of affairs at the Alwal Railway station, a landmark within its own right by virtue of serving Alwal , Old Alwal, Venkatapuram, Army Sub Area, Suchitra, and few more nearby areas nearby, and being one of the major stations between Secunderabad and Medchal station, local residents sensitise Railways Authorities on the sorry st…
GHMC App Downloads Jump Almost 50 per cent
[caption id="attachment_779" align="alignleft" width="300"] GHMC App Downloads Jumped a Whopping 47% after the Campaign[/caption] Campaign by a consortium of 20 Civil Society Organisations leads to better awareness and usage of GHMC App provided free of cost for citizens to avail civic services The Citizens Entitlements Campaign, an initiative kicked off on January 26 th this year by over 20 civil society organizations and NGOs has resulted in a whopping 47% increase in the downloads of the My GHMC App indica…
CORWA Updates
CoRWA FIVE YEAR ROAD MAP An appeal is launched by the Secretary General, Dr. K.S. R. Murthy calling RWA experts to take up a feedback/inputs survey from all the members of CoRWA on how this apex body should go ahead in its Mission. To this effect, he has prepared a five point agenda on which your inputs are needed to prepare a Road Map for CoRWA for the next 5 years. The fact that the Hon’ble Minister of Urban Development and the Chief Guest for the 5th NCRWA Conference, Mumbai (18th and 19th Nov., 2017) Sri Hardeep Singh Puri announced the …
Citizens Entitlement Campaign Launched
[gallery link="none" size="large" ids="485,487" orderby="rand"] GHMC Commissioner stresses on citizens' duties along with entitlement More than 20 civil socity organisations and NGOs have come together to launch the Citizens Entitlement Campaign to enable citizens of the twin-cities to easily avail 56 services that are provided by GHMC, Water Works, and the Electricity departments, as per their Citizens’ Charters. Kick-starting the Campaign on 26th January, the GHMC Commissioner Mr. Janardhan Reddy s…
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