Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Hyderabad municipal elections 2016 under Civil Society watch

Noted civil society organizations of Hyderabad are going to monitor the coming Greater Hyderabad Municipal  Elections scheduled to be held in Hyderabad in January 2016.

Telengana Election Watch is the collective initiative of the Forum for Good Governance, MV Foundation, COVA, UFERWAS and APSA.

The city has underwent rapid urbanisation in the last couple of years and hence as such, there are wide spread civic issues that need attention of the authorities as soon as possible.

The citizens are facing hardships due to bad roads, improper lighting of roads, drainage issues and host of other issues.

Civil society members will launch an awareness campaign among the residents of Hyderabad and also enrol them for voting. Also the initiative has appealed for citizens to vote in large numbers to make the election campaign a success.

The civil society member hence as such will scrutinize the candidates who are going to take part in the coming elections, they are of the view that candidates with clean track record are to be promoted.


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