Telangana Election Watch
Ennikala Nigha Vedika Makes it Mark Assembly Elections-2018 The Ennikala Nigha Vedika (ENV) has been active and proactive whenever Elections are held at State or local level. As usual, the ENV called for a meeting of all the civil society organisations immediately after the issue of notifications for Assembly Elections- 2018. About thirty civil society organisations, some with their units in the districts were present. Thereafter, meetings were held in the premises of UFERWAS and in the Forum for Good Governance to discuss the modalities to be…
Light pollution proven detrimental, yet again!
Vijayawada faces lightpollution, effecting health This would come as a damper fordie-hard LED fans who have been crowing about how dark city streets have beenconverted into flood lit avenues over the past few years. While the issue has been raised in these columns earlier, y et again, latest research has proved that increased exposure to artificial light at night not only raises health concerns for humans but also significantly harms the ecosystem, says a report in the Asian Age newspaper quoting a study by the Ohio State University in the …
Lack of finances no excuse for non-implementation of pension schemes, Supreme Court
Apex court issues directives to Union government and states to monitor implementation of MWP ACT The Supreme Court on Thursday observed that there cannot be any excuse of lack of finances either by the Government of India or by the State Governments in strictly implementing the provisions of Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, reports legal news portal Livelaw.in. Responding to a writ petition filed by Dr Ashwani Kumar seeking enforcement of the Act under Article 21 of the constitution a SC bench comprising Justice Mad…
Proceedings of the 6th National Conference of Residents Welfare Associations in Hyderabad on 24th and 25th November, 2018
Residents’ bodies demand Constitutional recognition for greater role in civic management and devolution of functions The Conference has the Role of RWAs in Swachh Bharat, as the umbrella theme and is organized by the United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations (U-FERWAS) and the Confederation of RWAs (CoRWA), the apex body of RWAs India, in which about 150 RWAs from across the country, civic authorities, heads of RERA and justices have participated and shared their experience and best practices, in the two-day meet. I. …
Tarnaka RWAs Release Manifesto
Ahead of the election slated for December 7, RWAs in the Tarnaka Area under the stewardship of the Standing Committee of Tarnaka Resident Welfare Associations (SCOTRWA) have released a charter of demands that they expected elected representatives in the Secunderabad Constituency to deliver upon. The same is reproduced herewith:
Residents’ body for RWA Manifesto to set political agenda
Resolves to observe November 23 as National RWA Day Kept out of the political discourse for long, Resident Welfare Associations (RWA)s across the country have resolved to demand their fair share of attention from the political class that is often at the helm of affairs at Urban Local Bodies (ULB)s and other civic authorities. The Confederation of RWAs (CoRWA), the national apex body representing residents’ associations across the country, has decided to issue an RWA Manifesto to set the agenda for political parties as a run-up to the 2019 gene…
RERA Act can be imposed even if projects not registered, real estate developers warned
Non-registration of a real estate project does not mean it is beyond the purview of the RERA Act, Shri Anthony De Sa, Chairman, the Madhya Pradesh RERA Authority warned real estate developers. Speaking at a special session on Urban Housing and RERA Implementation, at the recently concluded 6th National Conference of RAWs (NCRWA), Shri De Sa, who is the first Chairman of any RERA Authority to be appointed in the country, said the authority in Madhya Pradesh had taken a view quite different from RERA Authorities in some of the other states and …
6th NCRWA Concludes Successfully, RWAs Demand Constitutional Recognition
The 6th National Conference of RWAs concluded successfully in Hyderabad on Sunday, November 25 with a call for greater role for residents' associations in civic management and devolution of funds. Hyderabad, November 25 Participating in the two-day conference leading experts and civic representatives stressed on the need for a greater role and representation for local peoples’ institutions like Residential Welfare Associations (RWA)s, in local self-governance and decision-making for managing infrastructure better. Towards this they have de…
Why a Resident Welfare Association?
By Rao VBJ Chelikani Urban civil society organisations including RWAs have emerged as important players in governance and development of cities functioning as a fourth tier of grassroot self-governing micro-urban communities. Howeverm we have a peculiar situation where parallel mechanisms formed by the state apparatus exist to deliver functions that these micro-communities are carrying out. Including a list of functions that can be devolved to these bodies in the 7th Schedule of the Constitution could be considered as a solution to this weak…
Tarnaka kicks off nine-day flower festival with fervor
Notwithstanding the all-pervasive election mood, residents in the Tarnaka colonies kicked off the festive navaratris with fervor grouping together for the state festival Bathukamma, with beautiful floral arrangements. The difference this year round is that it is with a combination of the dandia ras that some of them are celebrating along with Bathukamma . Bathukamma , is celebrated every year as per the Shalivahana calendar for nine days starting Bhadrapada Amavasya (also known as Mahalaya Amavasya or Pitru Amavasya ) till Durgashtami…
Swachha Bharat Mission and RWAs
Dr. Rao VBJ. Chelikani We all remember that on 2nd of October, 2014, on Gandhiji’s birthday, both the President of our Republic and the Prime Minister, have launched the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission.’ We have started the most historic and biggest-ever nationwide campaign for making India clean and hygienic. It is shameful that India has been very much behind many of the developing countries in the world, to which we have started providing aid for their development. Gandhiji considering cleanliness as next only to godliness, had given much importance…
HMDA Commissioner, Dr Janardhana Reddy, Releases 6th NCRWA Brochure
Leading experts from civic authorities to share experiences and best practices at two-day conference Hyderabad, October 2018 In a run-up to the sixth edition of the National RWA Conference, Dr Janardhana Reddy, Commissioner, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), released a brochure detailing the sessions and themes of the two-day meet of welfare associations from across the country. Scheduled to be held in Hyderabad on November 24-25 the Conference is expected to bring together over 150 RWAs, often described as the “3 rd Compon…
Human capital policy for India
By Karuna Gopal With the world faced with increasing human capital shortages, countries can get creative and engage just-retired in interesting ways and the formats from hiring them as part-time or full-time freelance skilled force to even setting up businesses suggests the author. CATCH THEM OLD’ was a campaign for recruiting retired yet resourceful people in the US almost a decade ago. Today, thanks to the 4th industrial revolution that disrupted labour markets substantially, what was then explorative became a decisive path for engaging seni…
Telangana RERA becomes a reality
Though late in setting up the much talked about Telangana Real Estate Regulatory Authority (T-RERA), and the corresponding website, the Telangana government, from all indications appears intent on making up for lost time including addressing some serious concerns of potential homebuyers. Inaugurating the T-RERA premises in Hyderabad on August 31, K T Rama Rao, Minister for Industry & Commerce, Municipal Administration & Urban Development, ITE&C, Government of Telangana said the Authority will bring transparency to the construction …
When Community meets Gardening
Sujata C Community gardening is a growing trend across the world and urban food growing projects are cropping up everywhere in the US cities. The concept of community gardening took birth in the economic recession years of the 1890s which left many people unemployed and hungry. These ‘potato patches’ nurtured by the community were able to feed and provide work for a few. The concept of community gardening remained popular for nearly thirty years before losing steam. You might think where is the need for us to grow vegetables in India where th…
Citizens as Consumers
Bureaucracy: Some Reforms Dr.Rao VBJ Chelikani In some developing countries like Algeria, Tunisia, Senegal, and Kenya, soon after independence, there were attempts to revamp the entire colonial style of administration by filling the posts by the party militants who had sacrificed and suffered most. But, the results have not been very happy. Organising resistance is a quite different activity from administering services for the citizens. The militants very quickly initiated themselves into the bureaucratic mould of enjoying power and authoritar…
A requiem to promises unkept
Alwal residents mourn the death of a project In a unique protest at the abject indifference of politicians and government officials to citizen concerns, residents of the Alwal area laid a wreath at the foundation stone to the road widening project laid in 2014 by various Ministers, MLAs, and Corporators. The project had died a natural death. Along with several members of 41 Colony Welfare Associations, speaking on the occasion, Dr G V Rao, General Secretary, GAASA, deplored the attitude of the officials of GHMC, Water Works, Revenue and the P…
World Elders Abuse Awareness Day Observed with Fervor
On the occasion of the World Elders Abuse Awareness Day WEAAD, the 2018 Elders Mela was organized at the A.V. College campus, Domalguda, Hyderabad on 15 th , 16 th and 17 th June. On the opening day, a silent demonstration rally was taken out at Necklace Road, Hyderabad where 3,000 senior citizens participated representing all the districts of Telangana & A.P. [caption id="attachment_1105" align="aligncenter" width="735"] Former Chief Minister K Rosaiaha was the chief guest[/caption] After the rally, a meet…
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