New Telangana Municipal Act should recognize RWAs, Trust and confidence should be cornerstone to new Act, RWAs to government

The new Municipal Act proposed to be legislated by Telangana, replacing the antiquated 1965 Act, should provide constitutional recognition to Resident Welfare Associations (RWA)s according them quasi-Urban Local Body (ULB) status, RWAs have suggested to the state government. Further, the new legislation should be predicated on a technology-assisted governance model based on trust and confidence for better service delivery by Urban Local Bodies (ULB) including the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC), they stressed participating in an…