A Primary Democratic, Secular and Social Community: the RWA
Dr. Rao V.B.J. Chelikani I. In the past, human communities evolved into various forms, including tribal, hierarchical, caste-based, and religious communities. Buddhist literature, however, mentions Republican communities at the time of the Buddha, but provides no details about this noble experiment in human relations. Within the community, kinship has been the common bond with good neighbourly cooperation. As the communities expanded and multiplied themselves, all kinds of human relations were governed by hierarchical powers. Among them, polit…
An Appeal by CoRWA to All Political Parties before they Finalise their Election Manifestos
Dear Sir/ Madam, Rapid urbanisation is taking place in all parts of our country and all the new settlers are invariably residing in Apartment-buildings, in colonies and in gated communities. These Resident Welfare Associations are self-governing bodies and they self-finance and manage their community as well as create urban amenities in the area. They are all professionally very active and are the main source of our GDP growth. They pay all kinds of direct and indir…
Health for all Urban Residents
Syed Khaled Shah, Sagarm Sreedhar, RSV Badrinath and Rao Chelikani A Model Community Pact with a Neighbouring Hospital by a Resident Welfare Association or a Senior Citizen Association Why we need to act directly and immediately? The following proposal contains the benefits of family doctor and community doctor facilities and better human relations in an institutional way which is being felt as essential for the welfare of urban middle-class families. This is particularly needed in a political context in which there is no clea…
National RWA Day Observed
Civil society and resident welfare bodies reiterate demand for constitutional recognition, Demand due recognition for contribution to society on the occasion of National RWA Day Every year the 23rd of November is celebrated by the Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) across the country in a big way. It is customary to organise a national conference of RWAs (NCRWA) around this date every year. But owing to the prevailing COVID19 pandemic, this year the Meeting was held as a Webinar, organised by the Confederation of RWAs (CoRWA), in coordinat…
A Manifesto for Atmanirbhar RWAs to Support National Development
Illustration by Photo by Claudio Schwarz The Confederation of RWAs (CoRWA), the national body of resident welfare associations, has released a manifesto to aid the dialogue and collaboration with government bodies towards a National Development Framework. The same was shared with all constituent bodies of the CoRWA on Monday, October 19, 2020 to enable them to carry forward the movement. What is an RWA? All civil society organisations are non-governmental and are composed of active citizens who voluntarily participate in many aspects o…
Catch the Rain Campaign Gathers Steam
National Water Mission to set up Rain Centres in every district to encourage RWH adoption. To enumerate all water bodies to free them of encroachments In a bid to nudge all stakeholders, particularly RWAs, local municipal bodies and states, to conserve water, the National Water Mission has kicked off a campaign taglined "Catch the Rain - Where it Falls, When it Falls". Encouraging the creation of rainwater harvesting (RWH) and Artificial Recharge Structures, expanding existing water storage capacity apart, the campaign also seeks…
An RWA that is used to flying colours
Hyderabad’s Vayupuri Colony adds yet another feather to its cap with ISO 14001-2015 Certification for environmental management "Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away," goes an old English catchphrase. But here is a case of old solders who not only refuse to fade away but are also making life bright and resplendent for the denizens of their residential colony. The Air Force Officers’ Cooperative Housing Society, in Hyderabad, more popularly known as Vayupuri, has been in the news for reasons more than one, serving as a mod…
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