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…
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 …
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…
On 21 st October, 2018 the Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modihas hoisted the national flag in Lal Qila to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Azad Hind Sarkar constituted by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on 21 st October, 1943 in Singapore. Later, people of INA Trust, Forward Block, VeteransIndia, Rashtriya Sainik Sanstha and hundreds of patriotic civilians moved to the lawns of India Gate to meet the surviving soldiers of Azad Hind Fauz leadby Sep Lalti Ram. A rally was taken out to the venue from Vijay Chowk to India Gate. Shri Chan…
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. …
In a bid to encourage voters enthusiastic about exercising their franchise, the Gokulnagar Residents Welfare Association has launched an innovative incentive for residents in the area. "Vote and get rewarded too", it is telling denizens asking them to post on the Gokulnagar WhatsApp grup a selfie showing their index finger with the delible ink mark and face with a smile of satisfaction after completing their duty as the citizens and coming out of the premises of the voting booth. Four different prizes have been declared which will be…
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:
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…
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 …
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…
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…
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