Urban Flooding – Lessons to learn
By B T Srinivasan The recent floods in most cities India have taken both governments and people by surprise. Due to global warming, the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal are warming at a higher rate than other oceans, severely affecting weather patterns in India. The recurrence of extreme climate events, especially in our country, like heavy rains flooding urban areas, are becoming more frequent due to climate change. Severe water-logging has brought cities like Mumbai, Hyderabad, Patna, Chennai, Kochi to a halt. Citizens face horrible situati…
The System of ULB Performance Grants is “Unaccountability by Design”
By Col Tejandra Pal Tyagi, Veer Chakra As per the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission, the Government has decided to provide grants worth Rs.87,143 crore for urban local bodies (ULBs i.e Municipalities and Nagar Nigam) out of the central divisible pool of funds for the period 2015-20. Of this amount, 80% is called Basic Grant while the remaining 20% is Performance Grant. Performance Grants relate to regular audit of accounts, increase in own revenue sources and publishing service level benchmarks. This represents nearly a fourfold i…
RWAs can contribute in a big way to conserve water
Dr.K.S.R.Murthy Rapid growth in irrigation, urbanisation and industrialisation has put enormous stress on one of the vital components of life – water. The cumulative impact of the increased use of this precious natural resource has led to scarcity in many regions of the country. Climate change has exacerbated the situation changing the hydrologic cycle. As a result, water is becoming scarce across the world. Hence, its effective and efficient management based on sound scientific methodology for sustainable development becomes a necessity. The …
New National Water Policy on the Anvil
Water Usage Efficiency Bureau apart from the emphasis on Hydrological boundaries for better water management and distribution to be the focus of the new National Water Policy With a focus on establishing “hydrological rather than geographical boundaries”, as stated earlier by the Jal Shakti Resources Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, as the basis for water governance in the country, the Union Water Resources Ministry has finalised a committee to draft a new National Water Policy (NWP). It will be chaired by water expert and former Pla…
Pan-India Water Literacy March to Stress on Water Conservation
Jal Purush Dr Rajendra Singh kicks off year-long Aviral Ganga Water March to spread the message to safeguard our water resources particularly rivers By Sujata C Ramon Magsaysay Award winner, the Waterman of India, Dr Rajendra Singh and his team have kicked off a pan-India Water Literacy March to create awareness on the need for water conservation and in particular to protect the Ganges. The Aviral Ganga Water Literacy March, which was kicked off last week from the Tarun Bhagat Ashram in Alwar Rajasthan, will traverse through all the states and…
How to deal with your errant RWA
By B T Srinivasan Things can go wrong any time if a RWA decided to play foul. It could prove detrimental to the peace and welfare of residents - a situation that is not so uncommon. So, what do the residents do? An example is available from the experience of residents of a particular a housing colony in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. Hassled for quite some years by the rampant commercialization of the hitherto peaceful locality in gross violation of municipal rules, appeals to the local RWA went unheeded. Interestingly, many these complainants, l…
Feelgood Waste! Hyderabad Start-up Makes a Virtue out of Raddi!
Nisar Ahmed (right) and Muquayyar Ahmed (left) Team TT When was the last time you felt good for generating waste? There are 3500 families in the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad who feel really good every time they sell their kabaadi. And that is thanks to an innovative start-up in town that has made a virtue out of selling or rather buying scrap. For every kilo of waste that online kabaadi collection service, Crapbin gathers from customers, a part of the proceeds goes towards sponsoring the education of needy chil…
Senior Citizens' Updates - September
Health Camp at Tarnaka The Forum for Senior Citizens Tarnaka along with Tarnaka welfare Association St.no.1, have organized a free Physiotherapy Camp on Sunday 22 nd September, 2019 in Tarnaka Welfare Association Community Hall. Dr. P. Kiran Kumar, P.T., M.P.T (Cardio), M.Sc (Psy), FCR, MIAP, Dr.Ch.Prasanna Lakshmi, P.T., M.P.T, Neruo-MIAP, Dr.CH.Radhika, P.T.B.P.T., from M/s. Cheyuta Physiotherapy Hospital, have participated for 5 hours in the camp, drawing huge number of residents in and around the adjoining colonies. For Pain Relief Manage…
CoRWA Updates - September
CII Water Innovation Summit [caption id="attachment_3031" align="aligncenter" width="921"] CoRWA Team with delegates at the 5th CII Water Innovation Summit.2019 5th CII Water Innovation Summit-2019[/caption] The CII Water Innovation Summit was held on 18th and 19th Sept., 2019 at New Delhi is attended by Col TP Tayagi, Mrs Ranju Minhas, Mr Joseph Verghese and Mr Ashish singh. Mrs Ranju Minhas proposed that the corporates and the industries should allocate CSR funding on raising awareness on preventing water pollu…
World Elders’ Day: The Journey to Age Equality
The Forum for Senior Citizens Tarnaka (FSCT), observed the World Elders’ Day on October 2 nd , coinciding with Gandhi Jayanthi. The programme was held at the Nagarjuna Nagar Community Hall, Tarnaka. Professor K Venugopala Reddy, President Nagarjunanagar Welfare Association welcomed the gathering, while Shri Om Prakash, general secretary, FESCO spoke on the significance of World Elders' Day. Prof. VLS Bhimasankaram spoke on the relevance of Mahatma Gandhi's teachings while retired IAEA scientist, professor GVSRK Somayajuly spoke on …
Professor B. R. Sant nominated Member of CII Telangana Culture and Tourism Panel for the year 2019-2020
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Telangana State Council, Hyderabad, has invited Professor B. R. Sant to be a member of the Panel on Telangana Culture & Tourism. "In view of your vast experience and interest in this field. I am writing to cordially invite you to be a Member of this Panel for the year 2019-2020,” Ms Vanita Datla, Convenor - CII Telangana Culture and Tourism Panel said in a message to him. In its first meeting held recently, Professor Sant submitted a proposal on TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE OF ENCR…
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