An Appeal by Col. Tejandra Pal Tyagi Corona should not be used as a shield to protect the undue rights of the Promoters 1st May is celebrated as the RERA Day. This time both the Promoters and the home buyers are in great trouble. Most of the labour have left the construction site and gone to their villages not only on account of the Lockdown restrictions but also owing to the recurring need of crop harvesting during this time of the year. UP RERA has indicated that other things remaining the same, construction work may resume by mid May. H…
We should, hereafter use the term Domestic Worker' as laid down by the Domestic Workers Act 2010. A “Domestic Worker” means, a person who is employed for remuneration whether in cash or kind , in any house hold ‘or similar Establishments’ through any agency or directly, either on a temporary or contract basis or permanent, part time or full time to do the household or allied work includes a “Replacement worker” who is working and as a replacement for the main workers for a short and specific period of time as agreed with the main worker; E…
Events in Mumbai Road Safety - Our Roles & Responsibility On 16th January an interactive session was organised by ‘Together VCAN’ (V Citizens Action Network) with Mumbai Police, Traffic Division, where Sri Madhukar Pande, IPS, Joint Commissioner Traffic Police met with citizens at Royal Bombay Yatch Club to discuss Road Safety- Our Roles & Responsibility. Housing Societies Pitch in to Help Senior Citizens Gautam Saigal, who acts as the co-ordinator for Raheja Hillside society in Chandivali, said that since “No domestic work…
The Prime Minister has announced a massive package totaling 10% of India’s GDP or Rs 20 lakh crore to revive the economy. Dubbed the Atmanirbhar Abhiyaan , is no doubt very much needed. Since he also announced his intention to develop Infrastructure, Mr. Nagarjunan from an NGO called ‘Focus’ in Chennai has seized on the occasion to suggest spending a good part of it on a mammoth project for ‘Rejuvenation, Inter-Linking and Equitable Distribution of River Waters’ in the country. Such a long term project woul…
Though in the annual GB Meeting held in Nov.2019 in New Delhi on the occasion of the 7th NCRWA, it was decided to hold the 8th NCRWA Conference at Chennai, our Sr.Exe Vice President, CoRWA, Sri JMS Nagarjunan, in view of the developments since March, 2020 found it not feasible to envisage it in Chennai. However, in the 3rd Anniversary Conference of RERA recently organised in virtual mode from Mumbai by CA Ramesh Prabhu, in which some of our CoRWA members have participated, the following developments have taken place. 1. A new member is i…
Necessity they say is the mother of invention. Locked up, as they are, within the confines of their homes for the past one month thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, citizens have realized finding fresh vegetables and supplies has become the biggest challenge. No worries! Retail chains and farmers alike have risen to the occasion innovating, and in fact reinventing age old practices of cooperative sourcing. Several farmers across cities like Hyderabad, Bengaluru and NCR region, have now taken the initiative of reaching out to RWAs…
The Director General of Police, Telangana State made a fervent appeal to the residents of the Apartment-buildings and Colony associations to form a committee of 2 members in each association to cooperate with him to prevent the Corona virus contamination. Self-Confinement and Personal Cleanliness in Kurnool An appeal is made to the public before the Collectorate office to observe the Janata Curfew as proposed by our Prime Minister, Sri. Narendra Modi on 22 nd and to take other measures of self-c…
Women’s day Celebrations, at Delhi From Ranju Minhas
Maharashtra Societies Welfare Association (MahaSeWA), Mumbai 1. A meeting was convened by CA. Ramesh Prabhu, Chairman, MahaSeWA in order to prepare a representation to the chief minister on the implementation of GR dated 13-9-2019 on 13 th March 2020 in MahaSeWA conference room. In the meeting chaired by Hon'ble Shri.Nirmal Deshmukh, IAS (Rtd) former CEO of SRA, the following have been invited to participate: (1) Ar.Manoj Daisaria, Past President PEATA (2) Ar. Arvind Wadke, Treasurer, Indian Institute of Architects, Mu…
By Rao VBJ Chelikani Only in times of crisis is that we can understand and assess our strengths and weaknesses in the progress of humankind. Let us identify them, so that we can strive to strengthen those forces in future. 1. We have to understand without any further demonstration after the onslaught of the last Sunami and the current COVID-19 that all countries in the world are inter-dependent and inter-connected. We have to be global in our outlook and egalitarian in our outlook. 2. We are one with each other, starti…
It is common place to see political leaders and authorities being petition to release funds for various projects. But rarely does one see civil society stepping in to coax one government arm to come to the aid of another for a public project – that too in a novel manner that catches the eye of everyone. The United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations (U-FERWAS) did just that when it went on a novel plantation drive at neighbourhood Railway Stations to draw the Telangana Government’s attention towards pending contributions fo…
On 25 th February, the APFERWAS team met Sri Botsa Satyanarayana, Minister of Municipal Administration and Urban Development, Govt. of AP and reiterated our request for a permanent accommodation for APFERWAS and also for nominating one of our members to AP State RERA Technical Expert Committee. He responded favourably and marked the letters to concerned officials with his favourable comments. On this occasion, he is given two recent booklets: 1. Reduce, Reuse and Recycle- a Practical Guide on Water Management for RWAs (by Dr. R…
Representatives of about 40 RWAs of Gajuwaka area, totaling about 100 residents have attended the annual meeting of the Federation held on 24-02-2020 in the Conference Hall of GVMC Zonal Office, Gajuwaka. The program was presided by Sri T.V.Nageswara Rao, President, Voice of Gajuwaka and the other leaders of Voice of Gajuwaka are Sri B.A.Trinadha Swamy, Secretary, Sri Chikka Satyanarayana, Coordinator, Sri B.Himanth,Vice President, Sri Maturi Srinivasa Rao, Vice President and many others. The distinguished Guests were: Sri D.Sridhar, Z…
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