Property Tax Camp will be organise by Shahdara RWA on 5 June 2011

Shahdara RWA is going to organise a mega House Tax Camp (2011-12) at Lala Musaddi Lal Dharamsala, Anaj Mandi,Shahdara, Delhi-32 on 5 June 2011, Sunday from 10 AM to 2PM. Pl. come and get the benifit of 15% discount as per MCD policy. The payment can be made by only Cheque. For any other queries like filling the form and other, Pl. free to meet Rajesh Agrawal at 9818160606 and Sanjeev Gupta at 9811287823.

Thanking You,
Warm regards,
Rajesh Agrawal
Gen. Secretary Shahdara RWA

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RWA not responsible for guards'' negligence: Consumer forum

New Delhi, May 31 (PTI) Residents welfare associations cannot be held responsible if an accident takes place within a colony because of negligence of security guards, the Delhi State Consumer Commission has said.

The Commission said that if a resident receives injury due to the laxity of security guard then it does not amount to "deficiency in service" on the part of the association which receives money from the resident for maintaining safe and secure environment.

A bench headed by Justice Barkat Ali Zaidi dismissed the plea of an advocate and a resident of DDA Flats at Sheikh Sarai in South Delhi, seeking compensation of Rs one lakh from them on the grounds that his son was injured by an outsider who entered the colony due to lax vigil by the security guards.

The Commission said that it is not possible for a guard to be present at the colony''s gate round the clock as he is also supposed to look after the society''s other areas too.

"It cannot be said that there arises deficiency of service merely, because, the guard on gate has to look after the parks and the other area, besides the gate. The demand that a guard should always be present at the colony''s gate for 24 hours without a break, is unwarranted and impractical," the commission said.

The bench''s observations came on an appeal filed by the advocate Jai Gupta, challenging a district forum''s order that RWAs cannot be blamed for security lapses because of carelessness of security guards in a colony. 

 

with thanks : IN.MSN : link above in headline for original post.

DERC : Power tariff ?

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MCD split

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Broom crisis ?

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Property Tax Collection Camp in Priyadarshini Vihar

The Priyadarshini Vihar RWA organized a Property Tax Collection Camp in the colony  on Saturday, 28th May 2011, for the convenience of  the residents of Priyadarshini Vihar and nearby colonies; and to assist MCD to collect more tax,  About 100 people including from Laxmi Nagar, Guru Ram Dass Nagar, and East End Enclave paid their property tax and obtained receipts.  Priyadarshini Vihar RWA organizes this camp every year.  Most of the visitors were senior citizens, who felt very happy and appreciated the good effort made by the RWA.

 

Shri B. B. Tyagi, the area Councillor also paid a visit and appreciated the RWA for its efforts in helping the MCD in collection of property tax.  He also thanked the MCD staff for their co-opertion.

 

 

Ram Gupta

General Secretary

Priyadarshini Vihar RWA

RWAs entitled to charge fee from residents: Court

New Delhi: Owners or occupants of a house are bound to pay the membership fee to the Residents Welfare Association (RWA) of the colony to fund its various welfare activities and services, a Delhi court has said.

"Being an occupier of flat, the person is bound by the terms and conditions of the RWA and he is also bound to pay the monthly subscription as he is being benefited by the welfare activities which are carried out by the association," Additional Senior Civil Judge Gautam Manan said.

The court gave this judgement in an over six-year-old dispute, asking S S Rana, a resident of Maurya Enclave at Pitampura in North West Delhi, to pay Rs 3,900 with interest to his RWA, calculated at the rate of Rs 50 per month.

The RWA had filed a suit against Rana contending that as per its rules, it is mandatory on his part to be member of the...association and pay the monthly subscription as it is carrying out welfare activities such as cleanliness of block and park and is also providing watchmen, sweeper, electrician and plumber service to its occupants members including Rana.

This was refuted by Rana saying he is neither a member of the RWA nor bound by its rules and regulations.

The court after hearing both the sides ruled in favour of the RWA and said if the owners and occupants of houses will not pay the fee, it will be impossible for the RWA to carry on with welfare activities and services.

"I am of the considered opinion that the RWA is working for the welfare of its flat owners and occupiers and for extending service to the occupiers it is charging a monthly fee...These activities cannot be carried out if the occupiers stop paying the association their monthly subscription," the judge said....

with thanks : financial express : link above for detailed news.

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RWA NEWS : RWA maintained parks better kept than GMADA's

MOHALI: While over 400 parks in Mohali, under the care of Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), are faced with abject maintenance and upkeep for the last 12 months, resident welfare associations (RWAs) in various sectors and phases have been maintaining and beautifying 90 such designated green zones for the same time with contrasting results. After years of spending crores of tax payers money on the issue, GMADA recently took over the maintenance aspect of the said parks from the municipal corporation.

On the other hand, the RWAs have been going about their business with consummate ease and are receiving money from GMADA each month for maintenance of the parks at the rate of Re 1.30 per acre.

Manish Nagpal, a RWA member of Phase-IX said, ''We have been maintaining the neighbourhood park in our locality for the past one-and-a-half years. But parking of vehicles or stray dogs making the park their abode needs to be checked. Though we have asked GMADA authorities to hand over a couple of parks to us for maintenance, they have been reluctant to do so.''In June 2010, GMADA was poised to hand over the periodic maintenance of parks to the council but the local body objected to just being given maintenance charge of the parks and wanted a significant amount of cash to be able to carry out the maintenance of these parks.

with thanks : Times of India : link above for detailed news.

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Discoms for conservation

If you paint the exterior of your house, especially the rooftop, white and put sun-control film on the glasses of your windows, your home will need up to 20% less air-conditioning than it does now. Tips and tricks like these will go to 27 lakh power consumers across the city from power distributors BSES Yamuna and BSES Rajdhani, which launched the "My Cool Ideas" campaign on Tuesday.

The campaign has invited ideas from residents, students, professionals — essentially everyone who is a power consumer — to conserve electricity through innovative ways and beat the heat.

Consumers of the two discoms supplying in majority of Delhi have been invited to participate and contribute ideas to the company’s website,www.bsesdelhi.com.

In addition to that, the discoms, are also using all their public awareness tools like the Synergy newsletters attached to electricity bills, SMSes, RWA forums etc to engage people in this campaign.

with thanks : Hindustan Times : link above for detailed news.

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Councillors reject wards' public panel

To promote greater public participation in the decision-making process of the MCD, in March this year, the then mayor PR Sawhney had announced that the civic agency will set up a resident wards committee (RWC) in each of the 272 wards of the city. Through these committees, resident welfare associations (RWAs) will be able to have a say in the policies being made by the councillors.

However, when the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) held a meeting on Tuesday with municipal councillors, most of them rejected the idea saying it will lead to more problems.

Headed by present mayor Rajni Abbi, the meeting was attended by about 30-odd councillors. They said that each ward has a dozen RWAs and if the scheme is implemented, each RWA will demand work only in their area and there will be disputes between them.

Sawhney's idea was that the RWC will be constituted by involving a representative from each RWA within a ward and will be chaired by the ward municipal councillor.

with thanks : hindustan times : link above for detailed news.

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