How Indore’s Iron Lady ensured the City remained on the top of cleanliness
From a low of 180 in 2015, to 25 in 2016 and finally to the number one among 434 cities in 2017 and yet again retaining its top ranking in the Swachh Survekshan 2018 , the story of Indore’s tryst with cleanliness is indeed awe inspiring. It is the story of how Indore’s iron lady, Mayor Malini Gaur and her team withstood all resistance from political parties, business lobbies and sanitation workers alike, to make the city and its people consistently adhere to the rigor to ensure it remained a clean city. Read all about it here.
Stay Safe From These Monsoon Health Hazards
The monsoon is here, and while it’s a great respite from the scorching heat, it’s also time to take extra care of your health. Diarrhoea, gastrointestinal infections, leptospirosis, jaundice and typhoid are common during the rainy season. The muddy puddles outside our homes also provide breeding grounds for all sorts of vectors like flies and mosquitoes that can cause malaria, dengue, and chikungunya. Read Full Story
Elders Abuse Awareness Day - June 15
Solutions beyond mere legislation are needed to address elders’ abuse UN General Assembly resolution 66/127 of December 2011 designated June 15 as the World Elders Abuse Awareness Day. It is the one day every year, when the world voices its opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted to some of our older generations. Hyderabad, Team TT For all the talk about reaping the demographic dividend by India, which boasts of the largest share of young in the world and will continue to do so for the next 20 years, a disconcerting fact, often conv…
Smart Living beyond 50
The Elders Club International Foundation Club, a public Charitable Trust registered under Section 32-A of Registration Act, 1908, is based at Hyderabad in order to create an enlightened society. On the occasion of the World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, the ECI Foundation proposes to organise a three day event titled “Elders Mela” from 15-17 June 2018 at A.V. College, Hyderabad, Telangana. The main objectives of this fair are to highlight the important contributions that older people make to the society and to raise awareness of their joys and ch…
ASPA Committee to monitor alcohol abuse
Senior Citizens Activities [caption id="attachment_1017" align="aligncenter" width="735"] Participants at the meeting mooted forming a state-level committee to monitor alcohol abuse and distribution ahead of the general election [/caption] Prevention of Alcohol Consumption The Association for the Promotion of Social Action (APSA) organized a conference on prevention of Alcohol on 11 th May, 2018 at Hotel Vaishnoi in which several social organisations have participated. The meeting was …
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…
New Executive Committee for Jawahar Nagar Co-op Housing
Jawahar Nagar Co-op. Housing Ltd., Moula Ali, Hyderabad General Elections were held on 17 th May for the executive committee of the colony and the following members have been elected: Sri.V.V.B. Satyanarayana, President, Smt. Aruna Reddy, Vice President, Sri.Ch. Ramesh, Gene. Secretary, Sri. T. Janardhan, Treasurer and Sri. P.M. Babu Rao, Y.B. Rajendra Prasad, N. Ashok and Smt. P. Pushpa Latha as Executive Committee members. By K.Jagannatha Swamy
“TEN RESPONSIBLE THINGS FOR ALL OF US TO DO EVERY SUMMER”
A Formula for Water Conservation Dr. S.P.Ravindra, Dean, I.I.A.M., released a pamphlet and a banner on 10 point formula for water conservation at a function on Tuesday, 8 th May, 2018, at the APFERWAS Office, I.I.A.M Campus, MVP Double Road, Visakhapatnam. 530017. APFERWAS President Sri Uday Shirname, Vice Presidents Dr.K.S.R.Murthy, Mrs.Jeeja Valsaraj, Mrs.Sunita Mansukhani, Sri A.V.Ramana Rao, General Secretary, Sri M.Durga Prasad, Joint Secretary, S/Sri P.Suresh Babu, V.S.Rama Raju, M.Koteswara Rao, B.Madhava Rao, P.Satya Rao, R.I.Ratnaku…
CII Green Building Congress in October
To feature three-days conference and parallel exhibition [caption id="attachment_1003" align="aligncenter" width="735"] The Green Building Congress 2018’, will be held between 31st October - 3rd November 2018 at the HICC, Hyderabad.[/caption] The 16 th edition of IGBC’s flagship event ‘Green Building Congress 2018’, is scheduled between 31st October - 3rd November 2018 at HICC, Hyderabad, Telangana. It will feature a three day International Conference and parallel Exhibition, showcasing latest green building p…
Municipal Bodies should go for Sanitary Land Fills instead of Dumping Grounds, CoRWA
Press Release On 20 May 2018, at A-2/302, Laram Centre, SV Road, Andheri (West), a meeting of the National Council of CoRWA was convened to give a call to create ‘ SANITARY LAND FILLS’ instead of Dumping Grounds. “ We should do composting. We should recycle the waste. We should segregate the waste in to bio-degradable and non-biodegradable right at the source. These are all evolutionary practices. People will take a very long time to understand them because we had to carry out extensive publicity to teach people that defecation in the o…
SPECIAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING - Minutes
SPECIAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING A Special Executive Committee meeting of CoRWA was held on Sunday, 20 th May at the offices of Sri Ramesh Prabhu, Andheri (West), Mumbai.Mumbai, with the main objective of preparing a Road Map for next 5 years for CoRWA and Restructuring the CoRWA Body. The following Members of the Executive Committee were present: Col Tejendra Pal Tyagi, Dr. KSR Murthy, Sri. B.T. Srinivasan, Sri Sharad Kumar, Sri J.M.S. Nagarjunan, Maj. Shiv Kiran, CA Ramesh Prabhu, Sri.K.Raghavendrarao, Sri.…
Time to restructure district administration
Apart from creating a superfluous power centre, the current district-level administrative structure in India creates conflicting political and administrative forces. This needs to be corrected apart from deglamourising the role of the District Collector. Dr.Rao VBJ Chelikani The District Collector has been the most significant precursor of the whole Indian administrative system. In the Mughal period, the equivalent post in the capital cities was that of the Kotwal, Munsab being under him. It was a glamorous job during the British rule for whi…
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