For a New Version of Ward Committees to be Effective in TS
By Dr. Rao V.B.J. Chelikani & Prof. T. Tirupati Rao, former Vice-Chancellor, O.U. Hyderabad. Recently the Government of Telangana made some amendments to the composition of the Ward Committees by a Municipalities Act 20 of 2020 , which simply says that there would be four ward committees for senior citizens, women, youth and eminent citizens. Each contains 25 members from among the resident welfare associations, community-based organisations, and other such groups and individuals by rotation annually. We welcome this initiative of the…
Unfair to Blame the Urban Residents
Rao V.B.J. Chelikani About 46.5 per cent of the Hyderabadis have gone to the polling stations to vote in the GHMC elections on 1st December. The figure is understandable and even slightly higher than that of 2016. Nothing warrants us to expect more and be disappointed. Even among those 34 lakhs who voted, 80% are living in populous and low-income areas or 'bastis' and they have voted because the political parties have collectively spent some Rs 320 crores on them, along with promises to do other things. Others voted because of…
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…
Dengue: Accept the problem first to find a solution
India is under attack by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito leading to hundreds of suspected dengue deaths this season. And depending on which media you follow, Telangana and Delhi seem to be the most affected with the former having the dubious distinction of having the most affected patients, 4500 to 10,000, with some 150 plus cases reported in Delhi. According to News18 the death toll in Telangana on account of the dreaded vector borne illness has already crossed 56. However, this is only a guestimate as there are no verifiable official figures …
A Letter to All Political Parties in Telangana in View of Forthcoming Municipal Elections
15th July, 2019 Sir, There are going to be elections in the state of Telangana for the municipalities and corporations very soon and they will be followed by elections to the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation also under a new Act. Naturally, all parties would be nominating their candidates to be councillors and corporators. We wish you success in your party’s efforts, notwithstanding the fact that we are not sure that political parties should be involved in local self-governing communities. Now, on behalf of a number of civil society or…
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