Link to city’s evolution snapped
Hyderabad’s heritage sites are a fast disappearing legacy if current trends are anything to go by. Nine out of 10 pre-historic archaeological sites in Hyderabad and its surrounding areas listed in the new Heritage Act of Telangana, 2017, are no longer traceable, writes Sirish Nanisetty writing in the Hindu quoting archaeologists and officials of Department of Heritage, Telangana. With the disappearance of these 3,000-2,500-year-old sites, Hyderabad has lost a part of its heritage that traced the city’s evolution to the late Stone Age period. …
Doctors’ Day Observed by TWWA
Over 150 members of the community benefit from free medical camp Tarnaka Women's Welfare Association conducted free Eye and Dental camps on July 1 2019 at Gokul Nagar grounds coinciding with the Doctors’ Day. Nearly 150 members of the community availed the opportunity to benefit the free service that was offered by the Clove Dental Clinic and the Anand Eye Institute, which also run their clinics in the Tarnaka and Nagarjuna Nagar areas. The role of doctors in society was acknowledged with gratitude on the day. July 1 is obse…
Tourism development and encroachment-free-footpaths must go hand-in-hand
Urban India needs to clear up its footpaths as bulk of tourists need EFF. Roads and pavements are like TWINS. Why don’t we treat them equally with subtle care and maintenance? By Professor B. R. Sant* Average tourist is like an average student I remember when I embarked upon my teaching career in 1951-1952 at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at the grass-root level of first year of I.Sc. Most of the today’s management terminology then was unknown. We were still in the ‘black-board and chalk’ era. I was teaching 2 sections, one English with …
Dry days ahead?
Latest data from the Telangana Ground Water Department portends a dire situation for the state with ground water levels depleting more than ever Tarnaka Times, Hyderabad Notwithstanding the onset of monsoons in the state, albeit several days late, the rains do not auger well for denizens in Telangana. Rather, if latest studies by the Ground Water Department, are anything to go by, dry days will be the order of the day with acute water shortages foretold for the state in the coming days and months. Telangana ended the Water Year 2018-19 (June t…
CoRWA Updates
Alwal Civil Society sensitises GHMC of colony issues GAASA Team in Alwal met the Dy Commissioner, GHMC in the Prajavani programme and informed him of long pending problems being faced by Alwal Citizens. The DC was very pleased to receive the consolidated representation of the civic issues covering 133, 134 and 135 Divisions. The GAASA Team comprising of Dr G V Rao, Mr Upender Goud, Mr Venkatratnam, Mr Mathur, Mr Solomon Raj, Mr Ramchandraiah mentioned a number of issues to be resolved at the earliest, i.e. before J…
Election Watch – A.P.: Expenditure in Elections
Elections have become the preserve of the ultra-rich in India as expenditure in the recent elections shows with the money spent more than doubling to Rs 60,000 crore, several speakers at a recent Election Watch meeting expressed. The meeting on “Expenditure in elections and its regulation” was held at the Freedom Fighters Bhavan in Vijayawada on June 18, based on the results of a survey by Centre for Media Studies. Speaking, on the occasion the CMS Chairman, Sri. N. Bhaskara Rao expressed agony that the working of the EVMs and Election Commiss…
Legal Status of the RWAs in TS is At Stake
The Director General of Stamps and Registration in the Telangana state, based on a High Court judgement has recently advised the Apartment RWAs that they cannot remain registered under the Registration of Societies Act and that the society should be formed and function under the Cooperative Societies Acts. In view of this predicament, UFERWAS has solicited the expert view of Sri. G. Jagadeeswara Rao, FCA, DISA (ICAI) to enlighten the RWA managers about the situation and to recommend suitable action. - EDITOR By G. Jagadeeswara Rao RESIDENT WE…
Strict action against Resident & Apartment Associations that Ban Pets
Restrictions against pets in residential complexes punishbale under Section 11 (3) of Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act 1960 apart from going against Article 51 A (g) of the Indian Constitution It is a well-known that in the recent times, RWAs, apartment owners' associations, cooperative group housing societies and other gated complexes, have taken to imposing many unreasonable restrictions on pet-owning residents, such as disallowing the use of lifts or parks by pets, or even banning pets altogether. It is against the law to ban pets …
CoRWA demands measures for addressing footpath encroachments by house builders and buildings
CoRWA, the national apex body of residential welfare associations has appealed to the central government to direct the Urban Local Bodies (ULB)s to take stock of encroachment of footpaths by individual houses and large buildings across the country. In a communication to the Union Minister of Civil Aviation & Housing and Urban Affairs, Col Tejandra Pal Tyagi, Convener, CoRWA pointed out that among the three categories of footpath encroachers well heeled house and building owners are the who flout the law more blatantly while the other categ…
Voting By All as One Nation and in One Poll
Lessons from the just concluded general elections point to the need for urgent electoral reforms if we are to make our political democracy more efficient. By Dr.Rao VBJ Chelikani After the 2019 general elections, we have rightly learnt many lessons. In order to make our political democracy more efficient, we need urgent reforms, for which there appears to be an unusual consensus. Therefore, we appeal to the Mr. Prime Minister to get into action so as to constitute a corporation to maintain nationwide Electoral Rolls and the option to vote ele…
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…
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