News: Gurugram RWAs ask Haryana CM for legal recognition-31-05-2022
They argued that some resident associations have proven very effective in managing local issues and supporting administrations in better management of the city.
GURUGRAM: : Several RWAs of the city met chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday for legal recognition and empowerment. They gave a memorandum seeking his interventio n in recognisin g them as a statutory body. They argued that some resident association s have proven very effective in managing local issues and supporting administrations in better management of the city. “The RWAs have been playing a vital role in ensuring development and welfare activities locally. The government should legally recognise us,” said Lalit Suraj Bhola, the RWA general secretary of Sector 9A.
In addition to this, they want the residents’ body of the plotted colonies to be allowed to raise bills for value-added services such as security and waste management among others. At present, there is no provision in the HRRS Act, 2012 that empowers RWAs of plotted colonies to raise bills as CAM or VAS.
Chaitali Mandhotra, RWA member of Ardee City said, “RWAs need to be authorised to raise bills to run security arrangements, in-house waste management, etc. Government needs to make necessary amendments in law to allow us to raise bills for VAS.”
