National Voters' Day - Meeting with Chief Electoral Officer
On the eve of National Voters Day, the Election Watch team in Telangana consisting of Sri. V.V. Rao, Convener, Sri. B. Srinivasa Reddy, Society for Rural Development, Sri. Rajendra Prasad, M.V. Foundation, Sri. Madhu, Praja Pariarakshana Vedika, Sri. C. Veerraju, Indian Red Cross, Sri. Syed Khaled Shah, United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations and Miss. V. Sridha, a student of Political Science from Hyderabad Central University met Dr. Shashank Goel, IAS, Chief Electoral Officer, E.C.I. on 19th January, 22. Points that came for discu…
U-FERWAs and CoRWA Meet at Alwal
Dr. Rao Chelikani Founder-Chairman of U-FERWAS and CoRWA has organized a get-together of U-FERWAS members on 5 th December in Alwal, Hyderabad to discuss various issues of RWAs in their area. Members Sri. B. Venkateswara Rao (Retd. Professor in JNTU), Dr. B. Uma Maheswara Rao, CA. S.N.Sarma, Sri. M. Ravindra Babu,advocate, Sri. V.V.B. Satayanarayana, President, Jawahar Nagar, Moula Ali and other office-bearers of RWAs have joined. Sri. Ravindra Babu discussed about the re-registration of the RWAs in Telangana under the Co-Op. Societies Ac…
National Status Report and Directory of RWA Across India
C o R W A Welfare Associations (CoRWA) RWA Status and Directory Migration to urban areas has become common across the world. In order to use the scare resources of land effectively, the multi-storey buildings are planned in urban areas. Thus, in an RWA, the land and most of the parts of the multi-storey building, such as lift, staircase, terrace, lobby, etc. become the common area to be shared by the residents. To manage such a common area, registration of a legal entity has become necessary and accordingly, residents welfare association …
Announcing the 8th National Conference of RWAs
The 8th National Conference of Resident Welfare Associations will be held in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh from November 23-24, 2021 at the Krishna Engineering College. Supported by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs and Ministry of Jal Shakti, the conference will have sessions on Water Conservation, Water, Pollution and RERA. CoRWA conferences are fast gaining in popularity and are being watched keenly by policy makers across the country.
Vaccination Drive in RWAs
Mr. B.T. Srinivasan, General Secretary of UFERWAS, Hyderabad has convened a Zoom meeting on 26 th May of office-bearers of UFERWAS with the Hon’ble Minister for Finance Sri Harish Rao garu on vaccination camps to be organised in RWA areas. As a consequence of which, the Government of Telangana in their R.C. No./DPHFW/Peshi/ COVID-19/2021-72 has issued by the Directorate of Health has permitted vaccination of all above 18 years and authorized the private hospitals to proceed on the request of the companies, institutions and the RWAs. RW…
GVMC ward elections held after a decade, VOG RWA Manifesto sets the agenda for new corporators
In GVMC, there are 98 divisions (wards), as of now and elections were held on 10th March, 2021, after a gap of about a decade. The results were declared on 15th March and the new council, with 98 elected Coporators was formed accordingly. Smt G.Hari Venkata Kumari, was elected as Mayor . The first council meeting was held on 09th April, 2021. The Voice of Gajuwaka (the Federation of Gajuwaka RWAs - Zone VI, GVMC) has been playing a vital role towards taking various activities aiming for all round development of Gajuwaka area. I…
Towards RWA Empowerment
Linking RWAs with Ward Secretariats at Kakinada A decision has been taken at the RWA interaction meeting with the Commissioner, Kakinada Municipal Corporation in A.P., Sri Swapnil Dinakar Pundkar IAS held at the Siddhardha Nagar Park that on every 4th Saturday the Ward Secretariat has to come to RWA precincts and conduct meeting and has to submit minutes to the Commissioner. The problems that can be taken care of by the secretaries of the Ward Committee have to be attended by them and they will submit the proposals for developmental wo…
CoRWA News
Gaurav Human Excellence Award to JR Nagar RWA, Visakhapatnam Jagannadharaju Nagar RWA, Visakhapatnam, was selected for the Gaurav Human Excellence Award for the year 2020-2021 by GVMC Visakhapatnam for its remarkable services in the field of rainwater harvesting, community composting and greenery development. The Award was given on Friday, 12th February, 2021, at a function held in Gurajada Kalakshetram, Siripuram. It was attended by Hon’ble Minister of Home, Sri Botsa Satyanarayana and Hon’ble Minister of Tourism, Sri Avanthi Srinivasa Rao…
U-FERWAs Participation in HYSEA CSR SUMMIT
The United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations has participated in the HYSEA CSR SUMMIT 2021on 21st January in Novotel, in Hyderabad Convention Center, Madhapur HiTech city. The theme of the conference was to explore volunteering opportunities for corporate employees in the areas of education, environment, health and well-being. In the stall allotted, U-FERWAS projected its different activities like RWA Volunteering, Swatch Bharath, rain water harvesting, healthcare, dry resource collection center management, community compost…
Civil Society Pitches for Active Role for RWAs in Local Urban Governance
In a bid to strengthen the role of the RWAs in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) area, civil society representatives submitted a memorandum to the decision-makers in the Telangana state, including the GHMC Commissioner, Director of Municipal Administration, Principal Secretary of the Department and to the minister in charge of the portfolio, and also to the chief minister of Telangana State. Prepared based on inputs provided by Col. T.P. Tyagi, Major Shiv Kiran and B.T. Srinivasan, the memorandum is also proposed to serve as a…
A Manifesto for Atmanirbhar RWAs to Support National Development
Illustration by Photo by Claudio Schwarz The Confederation of RWAs (CoRWA), the national body of resident welfare associations, has released a manifesto to aid the dialogue and collaboration with government bodies towards a National Development Framework. The same was shared with all constituent bodies of the CoRWA on Monday, October 19, 2020 to enable them to carry forward the movement. What is an RWA? All civil society organisations are non-governmental and are composed of active citizens who voluntarily participate in many aspects o…
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