CORWA Spreads Its Wings Further to South CORWA-Bengaluru Formed

The Confederation of Resident Welfare Associations (CORWA) serves as the Pan India Apex Body for Resident Welfare Associations (RWAS) across the country. CORWA's primary objective is to advocate for a sustainable urban environment, with RWAs playing a crucial role in local urban governance. This article focuses on the inception of CORWA - Bengaluru.

- Dr. K..R Murthy

The Confederation of Resident Welfare Associations (CoRWA) is the Pan India Apex Body of the Resident Welfare Associations (RWAs) in the country. The main objective of CoRWA is to strive for a sustainable urban environment with the RWAs playing a pivotal role in local urban governance.

Founded in the year 2012 at Hyderabad, Telangana, this apex body made rapid strides during the last 11 years and established its Federations in different States. The UFERWAS, APFERWAS, CoRWA-Kerala, CoRWAGujarat, CoRWA-UP are such State RWA Federations spreading the RWA Mission in their respective States.

The National Conference of RWAs (NCRWA) organized by CoRWA every year is an ideal occasion where RWAs across the length and breadth of the country meet in a particular city for two days mostly in the last week of November every year. So far, CoRWA has organized nine such NCRWAs. Every year, the focus discussion revolves around a particular theme on urban environment, such as pollution, greenery, water crisis, rainwater harvesting, solid waste management, urban flooding, encroachment-free footpaths (EFF), Real Estate Regulation Act (RERA), Role of RWAs in local self-governance, electoral reforms, etc. These NCRWAs are attended by hundreds of RWAs of the country.