Republic Day Celebrations January 26, 2021

Women's Commission: Journey So Far

Vakiti Sunita Laxma Reddy was appointed Chairperson of Telengana State Women's Commission in January 2021, nearly two and a half years after the post fell vacant.   It has been over two years since #WomComMatters was founded as a pressure group for reinstating the Women’s Commission in Telangana. What started off as a small effort by a group of citizens turned into an organized movement of more than 150 volunteers committed to the cause of having a fully functional institution in place. The significance of this Commission lies in not j…

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…

Pat on Back for JR Nagar

Exemplary water conservation efforts lauded by Commissioner GVMC G Srijana, Minicipal Commissioner, Greater Visakhapatnam, appreciated the innovative measures taken by the welfare association and the residents of the JR Nagar colony in to conserve water and deploy eco-friendly waste management by them. The commissioner was the chief guest at the Foundation Day Celebrations of the JR Nagar, which also coincided with her visit as part of the Swachch Survekshan-2020 programme. A 40-page booklet on Water Conservation and Harvesting – A Casestudy f…

Pan-India Water Literacy March to Stress on Water Conservation

Jal Purush Dr Rajendra Singh kicks off year-long Aviral Ganga Water March to spread the message to safeguard our water resources particularly rivers By Sujata C Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, the Waterman of India, Dr Rajendra Singh and his team have kicked off a pan-India Water Literacy March to create awareness on the need for water conservation and in particular to protect the Ganges. The Aviral Ganga Water Literacy March, which was kicked off last week from the Tarun Bhagat Ashram in Alwar Rajasthan, will traverse through all the states and…

Feelgood Waste! Hyderabad Start-up Makes a Virtue out of Raddi!

Nisar Ahmed (right) and Muquayyar Ahmed (left) Team TT When was the last time you felt good for generating waste? There are 3500 families in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad who feel really good every time they sell their  kabaadi.  And that is thanks to an innovative start-up in town that has made a virtue out of selling or rather buying scrap. For every kilo of waste that online kabaadi collection service,  Crapbin  gathers from customers, a part of the proceeds goes towards sponsoring the education of needy chil…

Senior Citizens' Updates - September

Health Camp at Tarnaka The Forum for Senior Citizens Tarnaka along with Tarnaka welfare Association St.no.1, have organized a free Physiotherapy Camp on Sunday 22 nd September, 2019 in Tarnaka Welfare Association Community Hall. Dr. P. Kiran Kumar, P.T., M.P.T (Cardio), M.Sc (Psy), FCR, MIAP, Dr.Ch.Prasanna Lakshmi, P.T., M.P.T, Neruo-MIAP, Dr.CH.Radhika, P.T.B.P.T., from M/s. Cheyuta Physiotherapy Hospital, have participated for 5 hours in the camp, drawing huge number of residents in and around the adjoining colonies. For Pain Relief Manage…