Jubilee Hills RWAs demand civic fixes amid election heat

Residents of gated communities in Jubilee Hills Assembly constituency have raised concerns over frequent water and power outages, poor road conditions, and an ineffective sewerage system. Many residents claim services were better under the previous BRS regime and are now pressing for accountability from the Congress-led government.

Hyderabad: Voters of gated communities in the Jubilee Hills assembly constituency have voiced demands for uninterrupted water and power supply, along with an effective sewerage system.

Many voters in the area expressed concerns about frequent disruptions in essential services, stating that these issues affected their daily lives. The community members urged the authorities to address these problems promptly to ensure a better quality of life.

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According to the United Federation of RWAs (UFERWAS), an apex body of RWAs in Greater Hyderabad handling civic issues of 4,500 RWAs, there are 270 RWAs in the Jubilee Hills assembly constituency. Jubilee Hills, Shaikpet, Vengalrao Nagar, Madhura Nagar, Kalyan Nagar Phase-1, Phase-2 and Phase-3, Somajiguda (part), Ameerpet, Erragadda, S R Nagar (part), Rahamath Nagar, Rajeev Nagar and Mothi Nagar are key areas managed by these RWAs.

As the election campaign was in full swing on Sunday, with political parties BRS, BJP and Congress vying for voters’ attention, Telangana Today spoke with several RWAs in the assembly constituency. For these major parties, residents of gated communities were seen as crucial to securing victory.

“We are 100 percent taxpayers, but deprived of basic needs. For instance, power supply. During the BRS government, we did not see power outages, except during heavy rains. But in the Congress government, we are experiencing outages three times a day,” said Raj Kumar, a member of Vengalrao Nagar RWA.

A Madhura Nagar RWA secretary, Hari Krishna, demanded uninterrupted water supply. He said HMWSSB is proposing either maintenance or replacement of the water supply infra at least once every month, resulting in no water supply and delays in the supplies. “We never experienced interruptions in the water supply during the BRS regime,” he said.

Kalyan Nagar Phase-1 RWA member Hanumantha Rao, who has lived in the area for more than two decades, said internal roads were in poor condition for commuting in the residential colonies.

“We are fed up with the GHMC for not taking up road repairs for the past one year. The then BRS MLA, Maganti Gopinath used to respond if the colony residents urged to repair the road network over phone and resolved it.”

A few RWAs of Jubilee Hills and Shaikpet complained of a poor sewerage system in the assembly constituency. They said, “We have experienced a poor sewerage system during the last monsoon. Almost all colonies were inundated with sewerage overflows.” They urged HMWSSB to upgrade the sewerage system.