RWA Management During the Lockdown
By Rao VBJ Chelikani Society leaders at the 4th Tier of Governance should avoid the temptation to don the mantle of dictatorial control and rather choose expressions of ‘soft power’ by persuading and convincing people Are the Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) becoming unpopular? Before we reflect upon it, we have to register certain facts and events that confirm the phenomenon of RWAs as the undisputed representatives of urban micro-communities. No authority can ignore them anymore. No order of the government or the co…
CoRWA Updates
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…
Greener Interior, Greener India, An Appeal to RWAs
Greener Interior: Greener India :: An Appeal It is urgent that we now vote for a Greener India and thereby for a better quality of life in India. As Resident Welfare Associations we want to see by the end of the rainy season that there is a beautiful and lush green plant in each room in our houses, in our schools, in our offices, in our shops and in our eateries - at the windows, desks and counters, hanging plants in the corridors and halls, roof gardens, vegetable gardens, and creepers on the compound walls. Especially, the senior citizens an…
An RWA that is used to flying colours
Hyderabad’s Vayupuri Colony adds yet another feather to its cap with ISO 14001-2015 Certification for environmental management "Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away," goes an old English catchphrase. But here is a case of old solders who not only refuse to fade away but are also making life bright and resplendent for the denizens of their residential colony. The Air Force Officers’ Cooperative Housing Society, in Hyderabad, more popularly known as Vayupuri, has been in the news for reasons more than one, serving as a mod…
Defence Minister's Nod to SEC-Cantonment Roads (AOC)
Sri. B.T. Srinivasan, Gen. Secretary of U-FERWAS said that lifting of the curbs was the result of agitations taken by the local residents and regular follow up action with the political leaders. It's is a great piece of news and we thank Defence Minister Mrs. Nirmala Sitharaman for lifting the Army restrictions on civilian vehicular movement on AOC roads. Finally our struggle for all these years (since 2014) has given a logical conclusion which helps 10 lakh daily commuters. We thank especially Malkajgiri Residents, MP Sri Ch Malla Redd…
CoRWA UPATES - APRIL-MAY 2020
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…
CoRWA Updates - June 2020
On RERA Act A Zoom conference was held on Sunday, 31st May, 2020 from 11 am to 12h30 pm On the subject of: Provisions in respect of Advertisement, Marketing and Promotions U/ S 12 of RERA and its applicable Rules. Program Moderator – CA Vinay Thyagaraj, Bengaluru. Speakers: 1. CA. Ramesh Prabhu Mumbai - Opening Remarks on Importance of Promotion and Advertisement under RERA. 2. Adv. E Suhail Ahmed, Bengaluru - Requirement of Sec 12 and types of promotions etc. 3. CA. Pulkit Mehta, Indore, MP - Circular / Guidelines …
Senior Citizens Updates - June 2020
Senior Citizens Associations HelpAge India On 21st May, GE & HelpAge India have distributed 500 hygienic kits in 3 remote villages of Huzurabad, Karimnagar Dist. TS. Also in cooperation with Fullerton, they distributed 785 hygienic Kits to the needy people in Razole & Mangalagiri of East Godavari & Guntur Districts in AP. Further, on the request of Dr. Nageswara Rao,Vice President Aasara in GHMC, Mohammad Ali of ‘Let’s Serve Foundation’ has distributed four monthly ration kits to poor Muslim families at Sriramnagar of yousaf…
Civil Society Contributions upto Lockdown-3
By Rao VBJ Chelikani While in a theocratic society or in a monarchy, the God or the king may be responsible, but in a democratic society all the citizens are collectively responsible for the destiny of their society. Particularly, during a natural or man-made calamity or an emergency, it is the whole society, spearheaded by its active civil society forces that usually jump into action with personal sacrifices. The Corona virus or the SARS-NCOV-2, is different from other calamities like floods, famine or fire, where a vast majority of peopl…
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