Report of the 2nd National Conference of the Resident Welfare Associations
I. The 2nd National Conference of RWAs (NCRWA) is held from 22nd to 23rd November at the Paryataka Bhawan, Begumpet, Hyderabad in
Telangana State. It is attended by nearly 160 delegates hailing from a number of States and from various districts of A.P. and
Telangana States.
This is a unique conference of its kind for the resident welfare associations across the country spread over more than four thousand
acknowledged municipalities and corporations. They are a social spirit pervading the urban habitats, dispelling the old fears of urban
man’s mental alienation, social isolation and public indifference. The participants by their presentations and reports portrayed their
national status 2014. Awards are presented to eminent urban citizens who have been contributing to build
urban micro-communities of caring and sharing, which would permit the participants to exchange their best practices.
On this occasion, they launched a Charter of good practices for effective implementation of Swachch Bharat among
lakhs of stake-holder resident associations in the country, as a part of their observance of the 23rd November as the national RWA Day.
The participants are welcomed by Major Shiv Kiran, General Secretary of the United Federation of RWAs and the opening speeches
are made by Sri. N.V.S. Reddy, IRAS, MD, Hyderabad Metro Rail Corporation, Sri. Telakapalli Ravi, Political analyst,
Prof.T. Tirupathi Rao, former Vice- Chancellor and Dr. Rao Chelikani, convenor of the conference.
A Photo Gallery of the accomplishments of the RWAs is opened by Sri. NVS Reddy. On the National RWA Day Col. Tejandara Pal Tyagi,
a pioneer of the RWA movement in U.P. has launched a Charter of 20 good practices for observing the Swachch Bharat for entire year.
Sri. P. Ashwin Kumar of Shantinagar RWA has concluded the conference.
All of them have upheld the role of the RWAs as the fourth-tier of governance and as a builder of micro-urban communities.
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II. Workshop 1: MODEL LAWS FOR APARTMENT RWAs
Participants: T. Srinivas Rao, Kakinada, K. Babu Rao, Dhashinamurthy, Sri.T. Thirupathi Rao, Mohan Rao, Khamam,
Bhuma Reddy (Nallakunta - Saketh Pranav), P.S. Bhagawanulu, Vuppala Gopala Rao, Major Malladi
a. Registration of RWAs : There are contradictions between Registration of Societies Ac and Mutually Aided Cooperative Society.
The Act is not well defined, nor in Company Act or Apartment Act.
b. Disclosure section of property - Share of land in apartments to residents from land owner in Karnataka and
Maharashtra deed is an example.
c. Declaration in AP Act needs to be registered. – Details of Area per SqFt (Section 412).
d. Words like ‘file’, ‘submission’ and ‘registrations’ should be changed.
e. Builder must leave the premises in four months. (Covered in detail in Maharashtra laws)
f. Separate deals for electricity issues for independent houses.
g. Before disconnection of water supply, the Registrar has to be approached.
h. Town Planning Authority needs to delegate for inspection of these aspects.
i. 10 documents should be looked before purchase of apartment.
j. Land owners and promoters agreement should be shared with all residents.
k. All the members need to be registered as the members of the association, so that right on property can be safeguarded.
l. Land owners and promoters’ agreement should be shared with all residents.
m. Builder has to initiate and form Apartment owners Association
n. Fire safety equipment has to be provided by the Builder.
o. Title Committee has to be formed by the Government like the system that is prevalent in USA to verify
the title documents before registering
p. Builder has to execute CONVEYANCE DEED in favour of Apartment Residents Association. Unless it is executed,
flat owners will not have any right on land.
q. Parking lots can not be sold as the same is already sold to the purchasers. It is integral part of Apartment building
As per Supreme Court, Parking land should not be sold 2010 onwards.
r. There are no provisions in Apartment Act for selling pent houses.
s. Issue of Share Certificates Apartment Association shall be included in the Apartment Act like in Maharastra
for collection of dues/deposits of society
t. The Add Up undivided share of land allotted to purchasers in The Malaysian Township has come to 43 Acres as
against the actual land of 34 Acres. Hence, purchasers as well as Govt. have to necessary steps to take care of it.
u. Another workshop has to be conducted to discuss further on Apartment laws.
v. There is much need to amend the present Act for A.P. and Telangana. (by K. Babu Rao)
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Workshop 2: ROLE OF RWA IN COMMUNITY BUILDING, INTEGRATING CHILDREN, SENIOR CITIZENS & SLUMS
Speaker: S. Sunil Kumar
a. Ladies and youngsters should be given priority and also opportunity in the community.
b. Single family home should also have Community centre under Apartments Act.
c. One should have a legal cell in each association
d. There should be provision in the Act for even small apartment complexes (-20 units)
e. Association needs to maintain the parks in the Community and not just rely on the Municipality.
f. In Chennai, no place for pedestrian due to poaching by vendors on the footpath. Vending spots is important
and no establishments within 2 kms radius.
g. Use of new technologies can be introduced.
h. Citizen policing is important to develop
i. Infrastructure for children. Equipments to be issued by the Management Committee. Summer camp budget from GHMC
can used for purchase of children play items.
j. Awareness campaigns in community for steps against Child Labour.
k. Recycling units in the community premises.
l. CCTV should be made compulsory for Apartments.
m. Knowing your neighbour is important: Hosting of Kitty parties, get-togethers and help by CommonFloor.
n. Tenant knowledge and their identification should be available with the Association. (Can be helped by Move In/Out management).
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Worshop-3: SWAACH BHARAT
Speaker: Dr Meenakshi Bharat
a. Presentation on Citizens Action Forum and the Fifth Estate in Benguluru
b. Manage our garbage, not just sweep it with the involvement of all people
c. Use and throw culture: Plastic bags and disposables; Wax lining in paper cups is a source of diseases;
Reusables: Steel or plastic, less garbage; Cotton bags should be used; Paper napkins shouldn’t be used
d. Trying to act upon this in Bangalore since 2008, which is an inconvenient truth.
e. Major problems on landfill and dump yards (40 feet wide and away from city)
f. Underground water is contaminated because of garbage landfill, it is a breeding ground of different diseases
g. Why do we have garbage problems? No civic rules unlike in western countries, no implementation and no awareness.
h. Segregation of waste should be at source (Ex. Two dustbins under kitchen); Framework from local authorities
regarding segregation and Destination bound contracts
i. 5 types of waste: Wet and dry sanitary garden hazardous C&D. (No bagging your bin); 40% of dry waste can go to
local collection sector; Hazardous like pins to be separated.
j. SWM Function Road Map
k. Source reduction: Informal recycling small scale composition, Segregated waste can be recycled, Compost to be used.
l. PPPE (Plan, Promote, Practice, Enforce)
m. Involve Med Officer and Sanitary in-charge of the circle.
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Workshop -4: COLONY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ,WARD COMMITTEES AND AREA SABHAS
a. Colony development plan should take inventory of existing facilities and identify the requirements.
b. The Government is concentrating on local level planning like ’mana vuru, mana pranalika’ and our ward our plan in Telngana,
the colony development plan should be made as part of general ward plan
c. The RWAs should try to become members of ward committees and help in development of areas with the municipal funds
d. The RWA using RTI should get details of taxes paid and money spent to the colonies to improve transparency.
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR COMPLAINTS GHMC
Speaker: Ashwin Nallari Naidu
a. How to file a complaint in HGMC? Should have a valid phone number; ghmc.gov.in>enquire>grievance>new grievance
b. Microsoft grievance project; Citizennext application on Google playstore
c. Cited some examples: 02 drainage cleaners die every month because of methane gas
d. 90% of complaints from corporates
e. 0% Auditing has been done till date in Hyderabad; Only Bengaluru has done it.
f. Electricity shouldn’t be stolen. Suggestions to government: Cut the power when they are supplying tap water so
as to avoid stealing through pumps.
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Workshop-5: RELATIONS WITH ESSENTIAL SERVICES BOARDS OF CENTRAL AND STATE
a. As per community policing every month, police meeting has to be conducted which is like a general meet to solve the Local issues.
If the issues couldn’t be solved then one can take up that issue to a higher level
b. FRAT, Kerala is one of the organizations that is very successfully implementing it
c. Community policing Act in Kerala or Janamithry is first in India; every station SHO is answerable to RWA; No politician should
be allowed to intervene. First Sunday of every month this takes place.
d. Invitations to all the boards to appear before the RWA meeting.
e. In Mumbai similar kind of meeting is conducted, where within 08 days the minutes are provided to the ward members.
f. Right to Services Act: Government should prepare a chart regarding the concerned persons related to issues with all the
departments
g. Regional offices have to be set up to decentralize power by the state.
h. What are the creative ways of building better relationships among the residents ?
i. Public should be made aware that an Act as in Kerala is necessary to make the RWAs to become more powerful.
j. NOTA : Election Commission has given authority to activate Nota.
k. RWA is not recognized anywhere, officially.
l. Lokayukth Act in Karnataka is an example whereas Maharashtra is not able to cater well.
m. Popularize the officer who is doing good work and the rest of them would follow the positive signals.
n. RTI Act is in place, get the information officially, but the problem remains in implementation.
o. Convince the educated class to make the politicians come to us. (Ex. in Maharashtra, the educated class are
not able to utilize their power. ‘Chalta hai’ attitude should be warded off; Show your strength and promote from grass root level.
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Conclusions:
a. Create a brand name for the organization by doing good work from low level to higher
(Ex. Federate the associations; AGNI has become a brand name by this.
b. Concentrate on voting pattern, politician is only interested in it.
c. Right to Services Act (public grievance forums) need to be passed by Parliament.
III. 23rd November: Speakers
Mr. Pandurangam, delegate from the USA: Felt ‘associations’ in US are more organized than in India. Also said ‘persons’ in
association should be more responsible while representing RWAs. M/s Kavita Baral and Sasmita Rout from the Central
University of Hyderabad questioned : How are the RWAs linked with NGOs work ? And how to maximize the participation
by the residents? : RWA’s started as NGOs and worked with other associations to realize their objectives. Sri. Dakshina
Murthy (Malkajgiri): Apartments Act as passed by AP assembly is not sufficient. Amendments are required. Felt that
associations in AP & Telangana are not organized, compared to associations in Maharashtra. Gujarat and Maharashtra
RWAs have a professional approach than in Telugu states.
Col Tejandra Pal Tyagi: Chief Guest: What RWA can do in local & national level?
1. Securing local level recognition for RWA representatives visiting administrative offices, like the Police station to give
respect and priority to resolve our problems.
2. Obtaining 'Booth Level Volunteer' status for RWAs for depositing multiples of Form 6 for Voter's lists.
3.Enforcement of norms for fire-fighting equipment to move around high rise apartment
buildings, adequate set back space of 18 ft, provision for hydraulic platform to raise the equipment vertically.
4. Ensuring earth quake protection norms in building construction keeping in mind that earthquakes have a horizontal,
not a vertical impact. Therefore RCC wall of 10" from bottom to top and appropriate ratio of sizes of column & beam
(one should not exceed twice the other) are to be maintained.
5. Builders & promoters should be clear on common area use while handing over documents to owners - convenience store,
parking, swimming pool, etc
6. RK Puram, Delhi has 985 cubic meters of air pollution but permitted level is 60 cubic meters. Containing pollution
levels which have reached alarming levels of P2.5 (<2.5 nm) leading to accumulation of carcinogenic and other particulate
matter in the air we breathe.
7. Apartments Owners Associations should be considered as part of RWA federations. (by Gita Dendukuri)
Mr. Sridhar Pabbisetty from Namma Bengaluru: There are 750 RWA federations in Bengaluru. They are carrying our legal
battle for wet lands which were encroached by builders before the High Court’. Went to the ‘Green Tribunal’ on environmental issues.
Noticing the pressure on judges, the case is moved to Delhi at the time of judgment. In the Ward Committee the suggestions given by
RWAs and the proposals of the members are vetoed by the corporator, which is not acceptable. They are launching a protest on
26th Nov. for removal of veto power given to the corporator. Nearly 11 lakh acres of the land got encroached in Bengaluru of which
20,000 acres had been freed due to the efforts by the RWAs.
Mr. Venugopal, FRAT, Kerala: On 23rd, he defined the RWA Day as ‘Rigorous Working Assurence Day. Gave 10 dimensions to the
definition by way of 10 fingers: The five fingers of the right hand represent five values we set as objectives and the five fingers of the left
hand give the strength to implement them vigorously, with proper food, exercise, recreation and knowledge. The chief guest on podium
asked to do 5 new things in every 6 months for better implementation of the objectives.
Mr. Nagarjunan from FOCUS, Chennai: They are fighting against encroachments. In one instance, a 60ft road had become 40 feet
because of improper parking. Due to the efforts by the RWAs, 50% of the occupied road had been cleared and recovered. Felt that
since, often, the judiciary and bureaucracy are hand in hand, the RWAs should fight united on wrong doings. While there is punishment
for not paying tax, there is no punishment for spending the tax money improperly.
Mr. Sharad Kumar from Agni, Mumbai: The RWAs should build a brand image like the corporates to succeed. ALM – Area Locality Management is the way for better management of the locality, where the ward members will be watched if they
are not working properly in a particular locality. They are working to get the ‘Right to Services Act’ passed and to draw the
department- wise description of services to be rendered.
Mr. Ghulam Nabi Rasool from Ananthapoor, Andhra Pradesh rendered a captivating ‘gazal’ to the context.
Col. Tejandra Pal Tyagi, Dr. Rao chelikani have invited some eminent persons who have rendered valuable services to the RWA
movement to honour them: Sri. Sridhar Pabbisetty, Namma Bengaluru Foundation, Sri. Khanagwal, Delhi, JNSS Nagarjunan,
Chennai, PS Bagawanulu, Sri. V.Dakshina Murthy, Smt. Dasari Jhansi Lakshmi, Sri. V.Subramanian of Balaji Residency,
Sri. Tatavarthy Srinivasa Rao, Dr.M. Nagaraju, Kurnool, Sri. P. Ashwin kumar, Shantinagar RWA & club, Sri. B.T. Srinivasan,
Malkajgiri Federation, Sri. K.Hanumantha Rao, Sri. Nallari Ashwin Naidu, Sri. Syed Bhasha, Janapriaya Apartments,
Sri. MBR Sastry, Sri. P.L. Menon, HAWA, Major.Shiv Kiran, Legend Apartments and Sri. S. Sunil and Ms.Nagamani, Khammam,
Sri. K.Srinivasa Reddy and Tulaasi Bai, APSA , Sri. Nitin Gadewar, Nagpur and Smt. Aliamma Jain of the United Schools of India,
New Delhi, Sri. M.S. Venugopal, FRAT, Kerala, Mr. Haseen Uddine, Old Delhi
Presentation of Good Practices by the Awardees: Dasari Jhansi Lakshmi on empowering women by stressing on having toilets and
by waste management; Sri. Sridhar,Namma Bengaluru against negligently maintaining bad roads and its consequences during the
rainy season; fighting against bureaucracy and to make representatives responsible; on how RWAs are the crucial body in bringing
evidence to fix the issues; against corruption by the garbage mafia irrespective of political party in power, as some 70 entities are
managing garbage in Bengaluru; on ward- wise waste management by ‘Lok satta’ instead of dumping in some nearby village;
on lake protection by asking the RWAs to work collectively for stopping dumping of waste in the lakes; on traffic jams in Bengaluru;
on working with RWAs to improve the quality of the life; on dry & wet waste management along with ‘water management.
Sri. P.S. Bhagawanulu on waste management i.e., by making stakeholders accountable and responsible.
Sri. V. Subramanyam, Balaji Residency, Hyderabad on improving sharing and caring among the residents through intensive social
interactions. Mutual trust should be promoted for better living; Transparency in accounts and their presentation in an organized
and simple manner enhances mutual trust and compliance; managing power should not be centralized; every AGM should bring
new faces for better participation; Sub committees should be formed which will take care of ‘security issues, gardening’ etc;
Festivals should be ‘celebrated’ together, so that they bring people together; proper rain water harvesting eliminates water
problem in the building; importance of ‘Get togethers for ironing out differences of opinions; Equal responsibility for both
tenants and owners; Bringing in women leads to positive changes; Parking management is vital; For better community living,
everyone should be treated equally.
Sri. R. Parameswaran, Balaji Residency on the importance of proper training to the watchmen to improve the efficiency in the
functioning of the building; importance of proper dress code and equipment for watch man in order to enable him to fulfill his
duties along with complete information of the residents.
Sri. K.Yesu Dasu, Nalgonda on rain water harvesting in Nalgonda district in ‘tiger effected zone’ and how the same can be useful
in apartments.
Ms. Geetha on the role of women in society starting from the home; Usage of eco friendly bags instead of plastic bags; Segregation
of wet waste; Organize waste by using different containers and by making vermin-compost, where there is no room for mosquitoes.
Ms. Padma Nandyala: on waste management training through email without using paper, involving senior citizens,
women and children; Effectively using technology like email, Whatsapp; Giving rankings like ‘brigade’ etc., to the
children to make them responsible.
Ms. N. Tulasi Bai, APSA on poverty management by focusing on slums, etc.; working closely with pregnant women and create
awareness on timely medication; working closely with ‘Self Help Groups’ for availing bank loans, to avoid school dropouts,
to avoid divorces by couple; Providing training on computer literacy, etc.; Providing assistance to senior citizens to get their
pensions, training on making paper bags to the senior women; and conducting free medical camps to the senior citizens.
Ms. Chandrima, joint Secretary, Aparna Palm Meadows: on water management and conflict management; Designing
‘group id’ for managing all queries and to have call center 24 x 7 to help conflict management.
Dasari Jhansi Lakshmi: on empowering women, children etc., along with questioning sarpanch, etc.
Sri. K. Vijaya Prasad Reddy and Guduru Chenna Reddy: on issues between builder and residents and the functioning
of TREDA and CREDAI.
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IV. Report on Inter-State RWA Consultations During the Conference
1. The Confederation of Resident Welfare Associations (CORWA), registered on 6th Aug. 2014 at Hyderabad to be enlarged
geographically with more operations across all over India.
2. The Confederation’s secretariat will be operated from Hyderabad.
3. It is also re-affirmed that when we mention RWAs, we refer to both Apartment-Building RWAs (Aprwas) as well as area-wise colony RWAs(Arrwas), as part of the confederation and focus on involving more RWAs from un represented states
and cities.
4. The RWA office-bearers who attended the first & second National conferences of RWAs at Hyderabad will automatically
become the founder –members; further two RWA office bearers from each state will be taken as members of the National
Governing Council (Executive Committee).
5. The members of Governing Council will not exceed 60 member team and by any reason if it exceeds, then some of
the founder members will become advisors, to keep the same number.
6. These advisors of NGC (National Governing Council) will play the role of taking the initial thought process forward
for the unity of the Confederation and RWA movement at national level, as decided in the first and second conferences.
7. The Conference of RWAs unanimously elected Col Tejendra Pal Tyagi, Ghaziabad Federation of RWAs, UP as Convener,
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani of U-FERWAS as President, Sri Sharad Kumar of AGNI, Mumbai as Secretary General, M. S. Venugopal,
FRAT of Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala as Treasurer and Sri Sunil Kumar of Khammam as joint Treasurer,
Sri GRS Prasad SCOTRWA as Secretary in charge of the secretariat.
8. Sri N. Muthu Swamy of Chennai RWA, Sridhar Pabbisetty of Namma Bengaluru, B T Srinivasan of
U-FERWAS , Sri Nagarjunan JMS of FOCUSS- Chennai are elected as Executive Vice Presidents.
9. Nitin Nanaji Gadewar of Nagpur, Yash Khanagwal of Nabi Karim RWA, Ashwin Nallari Naiduof GAASA as Secretaries.
10. The remaining vacancies will be filled by consultations in the coming days balancing national representation from all states
having maximum total number of Executive Vice-Presidents as 8, Secretaries as 8, Joint Secretaries as 4, Executive members as 16.
11. The following are also to be included in the team in view of the keen interest shown by them: Shevata Talwar, Dehra Dun,
P. Sukumaran, Vice-President FRAT, Trivandrum, Nandu Vora, President Ruparel Marg Residents Asso., Mumbai,
Dr. Meenakshi Bharath, Benguluru and M.T.Verghese, EDRAAC, Kerala.
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I. The 2nd National Conference of RWAs (NCRWA) is held from 22nd to 23rd November at the Paryataka Bhawan, Begumpet, Hyderabad in
Telangana State. It is attended by nearly 160 delegates hailing from a number of States and from various districts of A.P. and
Telangana States.
This is a unique conference of its kind for the resident welfare associations across the country spread over more than four thousand
acknowledged municipalities and corporations. They are a social spirit pervading the urban habitats, dispelling the old fears of urban
man’s mental alienation, social isolation and public indifference. The participants by their presentations and reports portrayed their
national status 2014. Awards are presented to eminent urban citizens who have been contributing to build
urban micro-communities of caring and sharing, which would permit the participants to exchange their best practices.
On this occasion, they launched a Charter of good practices for effective implementation of Swachch Bharat among
lakhs of stake-holder resident associations in the country, as a part of their observance of the 23rd November as the national RWA Day.
The participants are welcomed by Major Shiv Kiran, General Secretary of the United Federation of RWAs and the opening speeches
are made by Sri. N.V.S. Reddy, IRAS, MD, Hyderabad Metro Rail Corporation, Sri. Telakapalli Ravi, Political analyst,
Prof.T. Tirupathi Rao, former Vice- Chancellor and Dr. Rao Chelikani, convenor of the conference.
A Photo Gallery of the accomplishments of the RWAs is opened by Sri. NVS Reddy. On the National RWA Day Col. Tejandara Pal Tyagi,
a pioneer of the RWA movement in U.P. has launched a Charter of 20 good practices for observing the Swachch Bharat for entire year.
Sri. P. Ashwin Kumar of Shantinagar RWA has concluded the conference.
All of them have upheld the role of the RWAs as the fourth-tier of governance and as a builder of micro-urban communities.
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II. Workshop 1: MODEL LAWS FOR APARTMENT RWAs
Participants: T. Srinivas Rao, Kakinada, K. Babu Rao, Dhashinamurthy, Sri.T. Thirupathi Rao, Mohan Rao, Khamam,
Bhuma Reddy (Nallakunta - Saketh Pranav), P.S. Bhagawanulu, Vuppala Gopala Rao, Major Malladi
a. Registration of RWAs : There are contradictions between Registration of Societies Ac and Mutually Aided Cooperative Society.
The Act is not well defined, nor in Company Act or Apartment Act.
b. Disclosure section of property - Share of land in apartments to residents from land owner in Karnataka and
Maharashtra deed is an example.
c. Declaration in AP Act needs to be registered. – Details of Area per SqFt (Section 412).
d. Words like ‘file’, ‘submission’ and ‘registrations’ should be changed.
e. Builder must leave the premises in four months. (Covered in detail in Maharashtra laws)
f. Separate deals for electricity issues for independent houses.
g. Before disconnection of water supply, the Registrar has to be approached.
h. Town Planning Authority needs to delegate for inspection of these aspects.
i. 10 documents should be looked before purchase of apartment.
j. Land owners and promoters agreement should be shared with all residents.
k. All the members need to be registered as the members of the association, so that right on property can be safeguarded.
l. Land owners and promoters’ agreement should be shared with all residents.
m. Builder has to initiate and form Apartment owners Association
n. Fire safety equipment has to be provided by the Builder.
o. Title Committee has to be formed by the Government like the system that is prevalent in USA to verify
the title documents before registering
p. Builder has to execute CONVEYANCE DEED in favour of Apartment Residents Association. Unless it is executed,
flat owners will not have any right on land.
q. Parking lots can not be sold as the same is already sold to the purchasers. It is integral part of Apartment building
As per Supreme Court, Parking land should not be sold 2010 onwards.
r. There are no provisions in Apartment Act for selling pent houses.
s. Issue of Share Certificates Apartment Association shall be included in the Apartment Act like in Maharastra
for collection of dues/deposits of society
t. The Add Up undivided share of land allotted to purchasers in The Malaysian Township has come to 43 Acres as
against the actual land of 34 Acres. Hence, purchasers as well as Govt. have to necessary steps to take care of it.
u. Another workshop has to be conducted to discuss further on Apartment laws.
v. There is much need to amend the present Act for A.P. and Telangana. (by K. Babu Rao)
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Workshop 2: ROLE OF RWA IN COMMUNITY BUILDING, INTEGRATING CHILDREN, SENIOR CITIZENS & SLUMS
Speaker: S. Sunil Kumar
a. Ladies and youngsters should be given priority and also opportunity in the community.
b. Single family home should also have Community centre under Apartments Act.
c. One should have a legal cell in each association
d. There should be provision in the Act for even small apartment complexes (-20 units)
e. Association needs to maintain the parks in the Community and not just rely on the Municipality.
f. In Chennai, no place for pedestrian due to poaching by vendors on the footpath. Vending spots is important
and no establishments within 2 kms radius.
g. Use of new technologies can be introduced.
h. Citizen policing is important to develop
i. Infrastructure for children. Equipments to be issued by the Management Committee. Summer camp budget from GHMC
can used for purchase of children play items.
j. Awareness campaigns in community for steps against Child Labour.
k. Recycling units in the community premises.
l. CCTV should be made compulsory for Apartments.
m. Knowing your neighbour is important: Hosting of Kitty parties, get-togethers and help by CommonFloor.
n. Tenant knowledge and their identification should be available with the Association. (Can be helped by Move In/Out management).
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Worshop-3: SWAACH BHARAT
Speaker: Dr Meenakshi Bharat
a. Presentation on Citizens Action Forum and the Fifth Estate in Benguluru
b. Manage our garbage, not just sweep it with the involvement of all people
c. Use and throw culture: Plastic bags and disposables; Wax lining in paper cups is a source of diseases;
Reusables: Steel or plastic, less garbage; Cotton bags should be used; Paper napkins shouldn’t be used
d. Trying to act upon this in Bangalore since 2008, which is an inconvenient truth.
e. Major problems on landfill and dump yards (40 feet wide and away from city)
f. Underground water is contaminated because of garbage landfill, it is a breeding ground of different diseases
g. Why do we have garbage problems? No civic rules unlike in western countries, no implementation and no awareness.
h. Segregation of waste should be at source (Ex. Two dustbins under kitchen); Framework from local authorities
regarding segregation and Destination bound contracts
i. 5 types of waste: Wet and dry sanitary garden hazardous C&D. (No bagging your bin); 40% of dry waste can go to
local collection sector; Hazardous like pins to be separated.
j. SWM Function Road Map
k. Source reduction: Informal recycling small scale composition, Segregated waste can be recycled, Compost to be used.
l. PPPE (Plan, Promote, Practice, Enforce)
m. Involve Med Officer and Sanitary in-charge of the circle.
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Workshop -4: COLONY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ,WARD COMMITTEES AND AREA SABHAS
a. Colony development plan should take inventory of existing facilities and identify the requirements.
b. The Government is concentrating on local level planning like ’mana vuru, mana pranalika’ and our ward our plan in Telngana,
the colony development plan should be made as part of general ward plan
c. The RWAs should try to become members of ward committees and help in development of areas with the municipal funds
d. The RWA using RTI should get details of taxes paid and money spent to the colonies to improve transparency.
ONLINE REGISTRATION FOR COMPLAINTS GHMC
Speaker: Ashwin Nallari Naidu
a. How to file a complaint in HGMC? Should have a valid phone number; ghmc.gov.in>enquire>grievance>new grievance
b. Microsoft grievance project; Citizennext application on Google playstore
c. Cited some examples: 02 drainage cleaners die every month because of methane gas
d. 90% of complaints from corporates
e. 0% Auditing has been done till date in Hyderabad; Only Bengaluru has done it.
f. Electricity shouldn’t be stolen. Suggestions to government: Cut the power when they are supplying tap water so
as to avoid stealing through pumps.
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Workshop-5: RELATIONS WITH ESSENTIAL SERVICES BOARDS OF CENTRAL AND STATE
a. As per community policing every month, police meeting has to be conducted which is like a general meet to solve the Local issues.
If the issues couldn’t be solved then one can take up that issue to a higher level
b. FRAT, Kerala is one of the organizations that is very successfully implementing it
c. Community policing Act in Kerala or Janamithry is first in India; every station SHO is answerable to RWA; No politician should
be allowed to intervene. First Sunday of every month this takes place.
d. Invitations to all the boards to appear before the RWA meeting.
e. In Mumbai similar kind of meeting is conducted, where within 08 days the minutes are provided to the ward members.
f. Right to Services Act: Government should prepare a chart regarding the concerned persons related to issues with all the
departments
g. Regional offices have to be set up to decentralize power by the state.
h. What are the creative ways of building better relationships among the residents ?
i. Public should be made aware that an Act as in Kerala is necessary to make the RWAs to become more powerful.
j. NOTA : Election Commission has given authority to activate Nota.
k. RWA is not recognized anywhere, officially.
l. Lokayukth Act in Karnataka is an example whereas Maharashtra is not able to cater well.
m. Popularize the officer who is doing good work and the rest of them would follow the positive signals.
n. RTI Act is in place, get the information officially, but the problem remains in implementation.
o. Convince the educated class to make the politicians come to us. (Ex. in Maharashtra, the educated class are
not able to utilize their power. ‘Chalta hai’ attitude should be warded off; Show your strength and promote from grass root level.
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Conclusions:
a. Create a brand name for the organization by doing good work from low level to higher
(Ex. Federate the associations; AGNI has become a brand name by this.
b. Concentrate on voting pattern, politician is only interested in it.
c. Right to Services Act (public grievance forums) need to be passed by Parliament.
III. 23rd November: Speakers
Mr. Pandurangam, delegate from the USA: Felt ‘associations’ in US are more organized than in India. Also said ‘persons’ in
association should be more responsible while representing RWAs. M/s Kavita Baral and Sasmita Rout from the Central
University of Hyderabad questioned : How are the RWAs linked with NGOs work ? And how to maximize the participation
by the residents? : RWA’s started as NGOs and worked with other associations to realize their objectives. Sri. Dakshina
Murthy (Malkajgiri): Apartments Act as passed by AP assembly is not sufficient. Amendments are required. Felt that
associations in AP & Telangana are not organized, compared to associations in Maharashtra. Gujarat and Maharashtra
RWAs have a professional approach than in Telugu states.
Col Tejandra Pal Tyagi: Chief Guest: What RWA can do in local & national level?
1. Securing local level recognition for RWA representatives visiting administrative offices, like the Police station to give
respect and priority to resolve our problems.
2. Obtaining 'Booth Level Volunteer' status for RWAs for depositing multiples of Form 6 for Voter's lists.
3.Enforcement of norms for fire-fighting equipment to move around high rise apartment
buildings, adequate set back space of 18 ft, provision for hydraulic platform to raise the equipment vertically.
4. Ensuring earth quake protection norms in building construction keeping in mind that earthquakes have a horizontal,
not a vertical impact. Therefore RCC wall of 10" from bottom to top and appropriate ratio of sizes of column & beam
(one should not exceed twice the other) are to be maintained.
5. Builders & promoters should be clear on common area use while handing over documents to owners - convenience store,
parking, swimming pool, etc
6. RK Puram, Delhi has 985 cubic meters of air pollution but permitted level is 60 cubic meters. Containing pollution
levels which have reached alarming levels of P2.5 (<2.5 nm) leading to accumulation of carcinogenic and other particulate
matter in the air we breathe.
7. Apartments Owners Associations should be considered as part of RWA federations. (by Gita Dendukuri)
Mr. Sridhar Pabbisetty from Namma Bengaluru: There are 750 RWA federations in Bengaluru. They are carrying our legal
battle for wet lands which were encroached by builders before the High Court’. Went to the ‘Green Tribunal’ on environmental issues.
Noticing the pressure on judges, the case is moved to Delhi at the time of judgment. In the Ward Committee the suggestions given by
RWAs and the proposals of the members are vetoed by the corporator, which is not acceptable. They are launching a protest on
26th Nov. for removal of veto power given to the corporator. Nearly 11 lakh acres of the land got encroached in Bengaluru of which
20,000 acres had been freed due to the efforts by the RWAs.
Mr. Venugopal, FRAT, Kerala: On 23rd, he defined the RWA Day as ‘Rigorous Working Assurence Day. Gave 10 dimensions to the
definition by way of 10 fingers: The five fingers of the right hand represent five values we set as objectives and the five fingers of the left
hand give the strength to implement them vigorously, with proper food, exercise, recreation and knowledge. The chief guest on podium
asked to do 5 new things in every 6 months for better implementation of the objectives.
Mr. Nagarjunan from FOCUS, Chennai: They are fighting against encroachments. In one instance, a 60ft road had become 40 feet
because of improper parking. Due to the efforts by the RWAs, 50% of the occupied road had been cleared and recovered. Felt that
since, often, the judiciary and bureaucracy are hand in hand, the RWAs should fight united on wrong doings. While there is punishment
for not paying tax, there is no punishment for spending the tax money improperly.
Mr. Sharad Kumar from Agni, Mumbai: The RWAs should build a brand image like the corporates to succeed. ALM – Area Locality Management is the way for better management of the locality, where the ward members will be watched if they
are not working properly in a particular locality. They are working to get the ‘Right to Services Act’ passed and to draw the
department- wise description of services to be rendered.
Mr. Ghulam Nabi Rasool from Ananthapoor, Andhra Pradesh rendered a captivating ‘gazal’ to the context.
Col. Tejandra Pal Tyagi, Dr. Rao chelikani have invited some eminent persons who have rendered valuable services to the RWA
movement to honour them: Sri. Sridhar Pabbisetty, Namma Bengaluru Foundation, Sri. Khanagwal, Delhi, JNSS Nagarjunan,
Chennai, PS Bagawanulu, Sri. V.Dakshina Murthy, Smt. Dasari Jhansi Lakshmi, Sri. V.Subramanian of Balaji Residency,
Sri. Tatavarthy Srinivasa Rao, Dr.M. Nagaraju, Kurnool, Sri. P. Ashwin kumar, Shantinagar RWA & club, Sri. B.T. Srinivasan,
Malkajgiri Federation, Sri. K.Hanumantha Rao, Sri. Nallari Ashwin Naidu, Sri. Syed Bhasha, Janapriaya Apartments,
Sri. MBR Sastry, Sri. P.L. Menon, HAWA, Major.Shiv Kiran, Legend Apartments and Sri. S. Sunil and Ms.Nagamani, Khammam,
Sri. K.Srinivasa Reddy and Tulaasi Bai, APSA , Sri. Nitin Gadewar, Nagpur and Smt. Aliamma Jain of the United Schools of India,
New Delhi, Sri. M.S. Venugopal, FRAT, Kerala, Mr. Haseen Uddine, Old Delhi
Presentation of Good Practices by the Awardees: Dasari Jhansi Lakshmi on empowering women by stressing on having toilets and
by waste management; Sri. Sridhar,Namma Bengaluru against negligently maintaining bad roads and its consequences during the
rainy season; fighting against bureaucracy and to make representatives responsible; on how RWAs are the crucial body in bringing
evidence to fix the issues; against corruption by the garbage mafia irrespective of political party in power, as some 70 entities are
managing garbage in Bengaluru; on ward- wise waste management by ‘Lok satta’ instead of dumping in some nearby village;
on lake protection by asking the RWAs to work collectively for stopping dumping of waste in the lakes; on traffic jams in Bengaluru;
on working with RWAs to improve the quality of the life; on dry & wet waste management along with ‘water management.
Sri. P.S. Bhagawanulu on waste management i.e., by making stakeholders accountable and responsible.
Sri. V. Subramanyam, Balaji Residency, Hyderabad on improving sharing and caring among the residents through intensive social
interactions. Mutual trust should be promoted for better living; Transparency in accounts and their presentation in an organized
and simple manner enhances mutual trust and compliance; managing power should not be centralized; every AGM should bring
new faces for better participation; Sub committees should be formed which will take care of ‘security issues, gardening’ etc;
Festivals should be ‘celebrated’ together, so that they bring people together; proper rain water harvesting eliminates water
problem in the building; importance of ‘Get togethers for ironing out differences of opinions; Equal responsibility for both
tenants and owners; Bringing in women leads to positive changes; Parking management is vital; For better community living,
everyone should be treated equally.
Sri. R. Parameswaran, Balaji Residency on the importance of proper training to the watchmen to improve the efficiency in the
functioning of the building; importance of proper dress code and equipment for watch man in order to enable him to fulfill his
duties along with complete information of the residents.
Sri. K.Yesu Dasu, Nalgonda on rain water harvesting in Nalgonda district in ‘tiger effected zone’ and how the same can be useful
in apartments.
Ms. Geetha on the role of women in society starting from the home; Usage of eco friendly bags instead of plastic bags; Segregation
of wet waste; Organize waste by using different containers and by making vermin-compost, where there is no room for mosquitoes.
Ms. Padma Nandyala: on waste management training through email without using paper, involving senior citizens,
women and children; Effectively using technology like email, Whatsapp; Giving rankings like ‘brigade’ etc., to the
children to make them responsible.
Ms. N. Tulasi Bai, APSA on poverty management by focusing on slums, etc.; working closely with pregnant women and create
awareness on timely medication; working closely with ‘Self Help Groups’ for availing bank loans, to avoid school dropouts,
to avoid divorces by couple; Providing training on computer literacy, etc.; Providing assistance to senior citizens to get their
pensions, training on making paper bags to the senior women; and conducting free medical camps to the senior citizens.
Ms. Chandrima, joint Secretary, Aparna Palm Meadows: on water management and conflict management; Designing
‘group id’ for managing all queries and to have call center 24 x 7 to help conflict management.
Dasari Jhansi Lakshmi: on empowering women, children etc., along with questioning sarpanch, etc.
Sri. K. Vijaya Prasad Reddy and Guduru Chenna Reddy: on issues between builder and residents and the functioning
of TREDA and CREDAI.
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IV. Report on Inter-State RWA Consultations During the Conference
1. The Confederation of Resident Welfare Associations (CORWA), registered on 6th Aug. 2014 at Hyderabad to be enlarged
geographically with more operations across all over India.
2. The Confederation’s secretariat will be operated from Hyderabad.
3. It is also re-affirmed that when we mention RWAs, we refer to both Apartment-Building RWAs (Aprwas) as well as area-wise colony RWAs(Arrwas), as part of the confederation and focus on involving more RWAs from un represented states
and cities.
4. The RWA office-bearers who attended the first & second National conferences of RWAs at Hyderabad will automatically
become the founder –members; further two RWA office bearers from each state will be taken as members of the National
Governing Council (Executive Committee).
5. The members of Governing Council will not exceed 60 member team and by any reason if it exceeds, then some of
the founder members will become advisors, to keep the same number.
6. These advisors of NGC (National Governing Council) will play the role of taking the initial thought process forward
for the unity of the Confederation and RWA movement at national level, as decided in the first and second conferences.
7. The Conference of RWAs unanimously elected Col Tejendra Pal Tyagi, Ghaziabad Federation of RWAs, UP as Convener,
Dr Rao VBJ Chelikani of U-FERWAS as President, Sri Sharad Kumar of AGNI, Mumbai as Secretary General, M. S. Venugopal,
FRAT of Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala as Treasurer and Sri Sunil Kumar of Khammam as joint Treasurer,
Sri GRS Prasad SCOTRWA as Secretary in charge of the secretariat.
8. Sri N. Muthu Swamy of Chennai RWA, Sridhar Pabbisetty of Namma Bengaluru, B T Srinivasan of
U-FERWAS , Sri Nagarjunan JMS of FOCUSS- Chennai are elected as Executive Vice Presidents.
9. Nitin Nanaji Gadewar of Nagpur, Yash Khanagwal of Nabi Karim RWA, Ashwin Nallari Naiduof GAASA as Secretaries.
10. The remaining vacancies will be filled by consultations in the coming days balancing national representation from all states
having maximum total number of Executive Vice-Presidents as 8, Secretaries as 8, Joint Secretaries as 4, Executive members as 16.
11. The following are also to be included in the team in view of the keen interest shown by them: Shevata Talwar, Dehra Dun,
P. Sukumaran, Vice-President FRAT, Trivandrum, Nandu Vora, President Ruparel Marg Residents Asso., Mumbai,
Dr. Meenakshi Bharath, Benguluru and M.T.Verghese, EDRAAC, Kerala.
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF RESIDENTIAL WELFARE ASSOCIATIONS
INVITATION- NATIONAL RWA DAY
Dear Mr. President/ Mr. Secretary ,
The phenomenon of the Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) is an emanation of civil society activism in several towns and cities across the world. Obsessed with the inter-play of political institutions, many, including academics and policy makers, have ignored the great potential of this self-governing social organization. We have, now, come to stage, where we cannot anymore be ignored. A RWA is a democratic grouping of all residents living together, vertically within an apartment-building or horizontally, spread over an area. They are self managing micro-communities striving for better quality of life for the residents and local development for all.
The United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations (UFERWAS) proposes, the 2nd national conference to bring together some of the dynamic RWAs from the four thousand urban areas in the country in order to project their specific identity, mission and expanding role in building communities of solidarity and urban development. There is a need to compare the enabling state legislations, review institutional cooperation at local, state and Union level and enhance their management capabilities. For two days it would serve as a platform for exchanging views, comparing experiences, sharing of knowledge and best practices.
In view of your known personal interest, experience and involvement within or dealing with the RWAs, we would like to invite you to participate in these sessions from 22nd to 23rd November 2014 and also observe the National RWA Day at Paryatak Bhavan, Beside CM Camp Office, Greenlands, Begumpet, Hyderabad-500016, Telangana. You may also indicate whether you would prefer to be hosted by the local residents.
Further, we also solicit your contribution to the soft souvenir which would be a National Status Report of RWAs in 2014. The text, not exceeding a thousand words in English or in Hindi and a photo should profile your RWA and its efforts and achievements in community building and local development.
A tentative programme and suggestions for travel and stay would be communicated to you, after receiving the enclosed or attached pre-registration form filled by you.
Looking forward to the pleasure of meeting you in November in Hyderabad,
Yours Sincerely
Dr. Rao.V.B.J. Chelikani,
Former convenor of the 1st NCRWA
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We cordially invite you to attend the 2ndNational Conference of Resident Welfare Associations & to celebrate National RWA Day 2014.
RSVP : RS.1000/- PER PARTICIPANT .
HYDERABAD
22nd & 23rd November, 2014
United – Federation of Resident Welfare Associations (U-FERWAS)
12-13-705/10/AB, Balaji Residency-106, Gokul Nagar, Tarnaka,
Hyderabad- 500017, e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Dr. Rao V.B.J. Chelikani
President
International Foundation for Human Development (IFHD)
12-13-705/10/AB, Balaji Residency-106,
Gokulnagar, Tarnaka, Hyderabad-500017
Telangana, INDIA.
Tel: 91.040. 6521 4993, 6450 4993
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Website: www.ifhd.org
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Why are we holding this conference?
This is a unique conference of its kind for the resident welfare associations across the country spread over more than
four thousand acknowledged municipalities and corporations. They are a social spirit pervading the
urban habitats, dispelling the old fears of urban man’s mental alienation, social isolation
and public indifference.
The participants by their presentations and reports would portray their national status 2014.
Awards would be given to eminent urban citizens who have been contributing to build urban micro-communities of caring and sharing, which would permit the participants to exchange their
best practices. On this occasion, they would launch a charter of good practices for effective
implementation of Swachch Bharat among lakhs of resident welfare associations in
the country, as a part of their year-long observance of the 23rd November as the national RWA Day.
Pre-Registration Form email to [email protected]
Name:
Postal Address
Tel / Fax:
Mobile:
e-mail:
RWA:
Travel information:
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KINDLY CLICK ON SUBMIT BUTTON IN EVERY BOX AND PROCEED FURTHER ON SUBMIT BUTTON SIMILARLY
INVITATION- NATIONAL RWA DAY
Dear Mr. President/ Mr. Secretary ,
The phenomenon of the Resident Welfare Associations (RWA) is an emanation of civil society activism in several towns and cities across the world. Obsessed with the inter-play of political institutions, many, including academics and policy makers, have ignored the great potential of this self-governing social organization. We have, now, come to stage, where we cannot anymore be ignored. A RWA is a democratic grouping of all residents living together, vertically within an apartment-building or horizontally, spread over an area. They are self managing micro-communities striving for better quality of life for the residents and local development for all.
The United Federation of Resident Welfare Associations (UFERWAS) proposes, the 2nd national conference to bring together some of the dynamic RWAs from the four thousand urban areas in the country in order to project their specific identity, mission and expanding role in building communities of solidarity and urban development. There is a need to compare the enabling state legislations, review institutional cooperation at local, state and Union level and enhance their management capabilities. For two days it would serve as a platform for exchanging views, comparing experiences, sharing of knowledge and best practices.
In view of your known personal interest, experience and involvement within or dealing with the RWAs, we would like to invite you to participate in these sessions from 22nd to 23rd November 2014 and also observe the National RWA Day at Paryatak Bhavan, Beside CM Camp Office, Greenlands, Begumpet, Hyderabad-500016, Telangana. You may also indicate whether you would prefer to be hosted by the local residents.
Further, we also solicit your contribution to the soft souvenir which would be a National Status Report of RWAs in 2014. The text, not exceeding a thousand words in English or in Hindi and a photo should profile your RWA and its efforts and achievements in community building and local development.
A tentative programme and suggestions for travel and stay would be communicated to you, after receiving the enclosed or attached pre-registration form filled by you.
Looking forward to the pleasure of meeting you in November in Hyderabad,
Yours Sincerely
Dr. Rao.V.B.J. Chelikani,
Former convenor of the 1st NCRWA
====================================================================================================
We cordially invite you to attend the 2ndNational Conference of Resident Welfare Associations & to celebrate National RWA Day 2014.
RSVP : RS.1000/- PER PARTICIPANT .
HYDERABAD
22nd & 23rd November, 2014
United – Federation of Resident Welfare Associations (U-FERWAS)
12-13-705/10/AB, Balaji Residency-106, Gokul Nagar, Tarnaka,
Hyderabad- 500017, e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Dr. Rao V.B.J. Chelikani
President
International Foundation for Human Development (IFHD)
12-13-705/10/AB, Balaji Residency-106,
Gokulnagar, Tarnaka, Hyderabad-500017
Telangana, INDIA.
Tel: 91.040. 6521 4993, 6450 4993
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Website: www.ifhd.org
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====================================================
Why are we holding this conference?
This is a unique conference of its kind for the resident welfare associations across the country spread over more than
four thousand acknowledged municipalities and corporations. They are a social spirit pervading the
urban habitats, dispelling the old fears of urban man’s mental alienation, social isolation
and public indifference.
The participants by their presentations and reports would portray their national status 2014.
Awards would be given to eminent urban citizens who have been contributing to build urban micro-communities of caring and sharing, which would permit the participants to exchange their
best practices. On this occasion, they would launch a charter of good practices for effective
implementation of Swachch Bharat among lakhs of resident welfare associations in
the country, as a part of their year-long observance of the 23rd November as the national RWA Day.
Pre-Registration Form email to [email protected]
Name:
Postal Address
Tel / Fax:
Mobile:
e-mail:
RWA:
Travel information:
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KINDLY CLICK ON SUBMIT BUTTON IN EVERY BOX AND PROCEED FURTHER ON SUBMIT BUTTON SIMILARLY
ONLINE BANKING DETAILS :
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