Lok Sabha Question No. 3119 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-16
Subject: Honour to Resident Welfare Associations
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ANANDRAO  ADSUL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3119 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 16, 2016

## HONOUR TO RESIDENT WELFARE ASSOCIATIONS

No. 3119

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL: SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to honour Resident Welfare
- Associations (RWAs) in the country for cleanliness and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  also  proposes  to  educate  residents
- and welfare societies about proper waste management, waste segregation and efficient waste processing and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  requested  the  RWAs/association
- to send their nominations for successful solid waste management techniques under the Swachh Bharat Mission;
- (d) if so, whether the Union Government has received nominations in this regard; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

(SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a) to  (e):  During  16 th -  31 st  December  2015,  the  focus  of  the thematic  cleanliness  drives  was  RWAs  and  housing  societies.  As part  of  this,  awareness  drives  were  held  among  Resident  Welfare Associations  (RWAs)  residents  in  cities  to  educate  them  on  solid waste management techniques such as household level segregation

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of  waste,  etc.  Municipal  Corporations  and  state  directorates  were asked  to  nominate  and  send  names  of  proactive  RWAs  in  their states  /  cities  who  had  been  doing  good  work  in  the  area  of sanitation  and  solid  waste  management  to  the  Ministry  of  Urban Development.

From the list of RWAs nominated by the Municipal Corporations and State  Directorates,  32  proactive  RWAs  were  identified  (based  on feedback from the cities and states) and their work acknowledged publicly by the Government through a newspaper advertisement in leading newspapers.

## The list of 32 RWAs is given below:

|   Sl | Town        | RWA                                                                                           |
|------|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Shimla      | RWA sector - 4, New Shimla                                                                    |
|    2 | Gurgaon     | VAASTU apartment, Sector -55, Gurgaon                                                         |
|    3 | Rajkot      | Swashrayasahkari Housing Society                                                              |
|    4 | Agra:       | Bharatpur House Residents welfare Society.                                                    |
|    5 | Chandigarh: | Citizens' Association, Sector 21 (Federation of Society of Welfare Association of Chandigarh) |
|    6 | Srinagar    | Central welfare Committee                                                                     |
|    7 | Ludhiana    | Shamsher Avenue Resident Association                                                          |
|    8 | Faridabad   | RWA SECTOR 15                                                                                 |
|    9 | Jaipur      | Nagrik Vikas Samiti Mahasangh                                                                 |
|   10 | Ahmedabad   | Saath Charitable Trust                                                                        |
|   11 | Ghaziabad   | Pashavrnath Paradise RWA                                                                      |
|   12 | NOIDA       | Sector 23 RWA                                                                                 |
|   13 | Hyderabad:  | United Federation of Residents Welfare Association                                            |
|   14 | Delhi       | Greater Kailash RWA                                                                           |
|   15 | Mumbai-     | Worli RWA.                                                                                    |
|   16 | Thane       | Hiranandani Estate.                                                                           |
|   17 | Aurangabad  | Annanagar RWA.                                                                                |
|   18 | Nagpur      | Pioneer Residency RWA.                                                                        |
|   19 | Pune        | National Society for Clean City.                                                              |
|   20 | Nashik      | Dakshata Abhiyaan group, Ward number 21                                                       |
|   21 | Indore      | Shiv Dham Rehawasi Sangh - Khandwa Road                                                       |

|   22 | Pimpri Chinchwad   | Celestial City, BRTS Road, Ravet                                       |
|------|--------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   23 | Durg               | Vidya Vihar Residents Association                                      |
|   24 | Bhopal             | Akriti Ecocity Premium Welfare Association                             |
|   25 | Rourkela           | Mission Sunday, DD/9, Civil Township,                                  |
|   26 | Mizoram            | Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Locality,                          |
|   27 | Hyderabad          | Madhuranagar Welfare Association (Regd.no.1/1981), D-110, Madhuranagar |
|   28 | Imphal             | Imphal Sporting Club                                                   |
|   29 | McLeodganj         | Tibetan settlement Office RWA                                          |
|   30 | Karnal             | Nishkama Sewa Mandal                                                   |
|   31 | Jaipur             | Krishna Welfare Society Mansarovar                                     |
|   32 | Vishakhapatnam     | P&T Residents Colony                                                   |

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