Why A Federation of All Resident Welfare Associations?
Vison: Resident Welfare Associations are the finest expression of urban civil society consensus, an answer to many urban social problems, a tool for community-building and for self-management and direct democracy. Let us forge a new mechanism for social transformation and local development.
Political intermediation in the urban local bodies does not seem to be adequate and effective. Our decentralised self-governance approach, without peoples’ participation and self-management has not yielded the expected results in terms of development and quality of life. Hence, there is a need for creating necessary new mechanisms for self-management by the communities themselves in the urban areas. The area or colony resident welfare associations and the apartment-building residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) are emerging, precisely, as the most suitable mechanisms for self-management. Since these bodies are composed of educated, qualified, experienced people who, in general, have some leisure, they are the best people to self-manage and self-govern their areas. A new urban cosmopolitan culture stressing upon improving the quality of life with voluntary efforts is developing in the midst of the complexities of modern life. New communities of sharing and caring are being built. Now, there is an emerging concept called ‘flat culture’.
The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, the Election Commission of India and other constitutional bodies have started recognizing the RWAs as partners for fair and equitable delivery of services to the public without partisan considerations. Since some time, various resident welfare associations in and around the twin cities have been meeting on ‘ad hoc’ basis on some most urgent common issues, like property tax, cable T.V. connections, electoral registrations, drinking water distribution, etc. so as to reduce delays, wastage of resources, insecurity and corruption
Gathered in Tarnaka in 2007, a number of RWAs have unanimously decided to constitute a formal federation of resident welfare associations (United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations, U-FERWAS):
To be Proactive and Constructive; To liaise with the concerned authorities; To mobilize, coordinate and To express Civil Society Consensus in One Voice in respect of major common issues and concerns, where there is, at present, lack of transparency in the decision making, or neglect of civic amenities.
The main focus is to stimulate awareness on the responsibilities and rights of the residents and to enhance the attention, action and commitment of the Administration towards all-round well-being of the residents and to empower the residents to become active agents of change and to supervise proper implementation of the powers and responsibilities devoluted to the urban bodies, as per the 174th Amendment and Article 232 of the Constitution. They would function as ‘de facto’ citizens’ ward councils, till they are formed by the statute by the Government, as recommended by the National urban Renewal Mission.
Therefore, all the flat owners and Residential Welfare Associations in the municipalities and corporations are requested to form Federations in their respective wards and manage their own affairs and to affiliate themselves to U-FERWAS, Hyderabad.
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Dr. Rao V.B.J. Chelikani, United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations (UFERWAS)
12-13-705/10/AB, Balaji Residency-106,
Gokulnagar, Tarnaka, Hyderabad-500017
Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.
Tel: 91.040. 6521 4993, 6450 4993
E-mail: [email protected]
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NCRWA 2014-15 pictures below - see NCRWA 2014-15 page for full report and complete pictures
Vison: Resident Welfare Associations are the finest expression of urban civil society consensus, an answer to many urban social problems, a tool for community-building and for self-management and direct democracy. Let us forge a new mechanism for social transformation and local development.
Political intermediation in the urban local bodies does not seem to be adequate and effective. Our decentralised self-governance approach, without peoples’ participation and self-management has not yielded the expected results in terms of development and quality of life. Hence, there is a need for creating necessary new mechanisms for self-management by the communities themselves in the urban areas. The area or colony resident welfare associations and the apartment-building residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) are emerging, precisely, as the most suitable mechanisms for self-management. Since these bodies are composed of educated, qualified, experienced people who, in general, have some leisure, they are the best people to self-manage and self-govern their areas. A new urban cosmopolitan culture stressing upon improving the quality of life with voluntary efforts is developing in the midst of the complexities of modern life. New communities of sharing and caring are being built. Now, there is an emerging concept called ‘flat culture’.
The Municipal Corporation of Hyderabad, the Election Commission of India and other constitutional bodies have started recognizing the RWAs as partners for fair and equitable delivery of services to the public without partisan considerations. Since some time, various resident welfare associations in and around the twin cities have been meeting on ‘ad hoc’ basis on some most urgent common issues, like property tax, cable T.V. connections, electoral registrations, drinking water distribution, etc. so as to reduce delays, wastage of resources, insecurity and corruption
Gathered in Tarnaka in 2007, a number of RWAs have unanimously decided to constitute a formal federation of resident welfare associations (United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations, U-FERWAS):
To be Proactive and Constructive; To liaise with the concerned authorities; To mobilize, coordinate and To express Civil Society Consensus in One Voice in respect of major common issues and concerns, where there is, at present, lack of transparency in the decision making, or neglect of civic amenities.
The main focus is to stimulate awareness on the responsibilities and rights of the residents and to enhance the attention, action and commitment of the Administration towards all-round well-being of the residents and to empower the residents to become active agents of change and to supervise proper implementation of the powers and responsibilities devoluted to the urban bodies, as per the 174th Amendment and Article 232 of the Constitution. They would function as ‘de facto’ citizens’ ward councils, till they are formed by the statute by the Government, as recommended by the National urban Renewal Mission.
Therefore, all the flat owners and Residential Welfare Associations in the municipalities and corporations are requested to form Federations in their respective wards and manage their own affairs and to affiliate themselves to U-FERWAS, Hyderabad.
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Dr. Rao V.B.J. Chelikani, United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations (UFERWAS)
12-13-705/10/AB, Balaji Residency-106,
Gokulnagar, Tarnaka, Hyderabad-500017
Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.
Tel: 91.040. 6521 4993, 6450 4993
E-mail: [email protected]
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NCRWA 2014-15 pictures below - see NCRWA 2014-15 page for full report and complete pictures
NCRWA Evaluation meet held on 30.11.2014 at Dr.Rao Chelikani House at Alwal .Pictures
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