Hyderabad to be zero water table city by 2020, Groundwater use beats recharge by 140-600%
Hyderabadis are sucking dry Mother Earth faster than the Rain Gods are able to quench her thirst. So much so, they are using up water at a rate that is 600% to 140% of the annual recharge rate of the water table in the city, the Hindu newspaper reported quoting government scientists. “The groundwater table in Hyderabad and Telangana is going down rapidly as the extraction rate is high. On an average, Hyderabad is drawing 340% of the annual recharge volume,” the newspaper quoted Pandith Madhnure, Director of the Telangana Groundwater Department…
Punjab & Haryana High Court orders all registered RWAs to comply with RTI norms
The order makes it mandatory for all RWAs, to appoint a Public Information Officer (PIO), responsible for communication coordination and a first appellate authority designated to hear appeals. By S Sreedhar In a significant precedent-setting judgment that could have far reaching implications for RWAs, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has ruled that all societies registered under the Haryana Regulation and Registration of Societies Act (HRRS), 2012, have to become fully compliant with the provisions of the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005…
Residents protest removal of hanging planters in Ghaziabad
Resident associations have strongly protested the removal of up to 1000 hanging baskets in the Ghaziabad area which they say were not only beautifying the area but also effectively controlling pollutions. Chairman RWA Federation Col.T.P. Tyagi said that for the past 20 years, crores of rupees were spent on plantation of lakhs of trees in the area. And as part of this drive the hanging baskets that were set up were meant not only for beautification but also to fight pollution. Shri Mukeh Agarwal Federation Secretary said hanging baskets can be …
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…
Some Proposals for Reforming Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation Act & its Rules & Regulations in 2019
Objective 1: Firstly, the new municipal Act should reflect further devolution of functions, functionaries and funds to the urban local self-governing bodies, as envisaged in the 74 th Constitutional Amendment, which is not completed. Secondly, it is to provide more venues for increased direct participation of the urban citizen in the governance. Objective II: Only 40% of the urban population participates in the election of their local representatives for various reasons, which cannot be adjudged as a deficit in their democratic spirit. Hence,…
Some Proposals : Reform Land Administration and re-distribution of Revenue Department functions in the Districts
The Objective: Firstly, a new Act should de-concentrate the power of decision-making and execution of various functions from the Revenue department and the district collector by handing them over to the concerned departments present in the district. Secondly, it should reflect further devolution of functions, functionaries and funds to the local self-governing bodies, as envisaged in the 73 rd Constitutional Amendment. Measures : While acknowledging the historic contribution made by the Revenue Department for administrative unification of …
Flyovers - are they Necessary?
World Environment Day “A developed country is not a place where the poor have cars. It's where the rich use public transportation.” Gustavo Petro Surprising that one should find the above quote, that too from a Colombian politician and former guerrilla, in an Indian government publication. But all the same, nothing sums up better all that is wrong with our urban transportation. And going by it, I must confess, despite sincere efforts to upgrade and become rich, I have not been able to do so. But then neither is India a developed country ye…
Resident Welfare Associations can contribute big to conserve water
A case study from JR Nagar RWA in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Water is one of the vital components of life. The rapid pace of irrigation growth, urbanisation and industrialisation has put enormous stress on the water resources. Cumulative impact of the increase in usage of this precious natural resource has led to water scarcity in many regions of the country. Climate change has also resulted in change in the hydrologic cycle. Across the world, water is becoming scarce. The needs are increasing and the resources are dwindling. Hence, it is n…
FPCE demands MoHUA guidelines for “ready-to-move-in” real estate regime
Hyderabad, Team TT - The Forum for People’s Collective Efforts (FPCE), earlier known as “Fight for RERA”, which was at the forefront of the movement for enacting RERA, has urged the Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), to facilitate a painless and gradual transition of ownership rights from developers/builders to homeowners. For this it is necessary that the MoHUA formulate guidelines to set in place the mechanism for a “ready-to-move-in” system to enable an easy and gradual transition for both developers and homebuyers devoid of mal…
Mother’s Day Celebrations by Tarnaka Women’s Welfare Association
Mother’s Day celebrations were held with gusto by the newly formed Tarnaka Women’s Welfare Association (TWWA), at the Tarnaka Community Centre on Sunday 12 May 2019. The fledgling body is the Women’s Wing of the Standing Committee of Tarnaka Residents’ Welfare Association (SCOTRWA), and includes women representatives from the four colonies of Tarnaka–Gokul Nagar, Keemti Colony, Nagarjuna Nagar and Tarnaka. Events were spread over four days and started with Lalitha Sahasranamam chanting at the Mahila Bhavan at Nagarjuna Nagar. Unmindful of the …
Residents rise to protect lake in Hyderabad
RWAs in the Ramakrishnapuram Lake area have taken it upon themselves to map waterbody and demand it's protection from encroachments and better implementation of development works This could perhaps be the story of any other lake in the twin-cities that are on the verge of death and the proposed cure to revive them threatening to be worse than the disease itself. The Ramakrishnapuram Lake, also known as Mukidi Cheruvu, located in Neredmet, near Ramakrishnapuram Railway Station in Hyderabad, was home to many migratory birds not very…
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