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Ward committees: The missing link that could have made Chennai’s COVID fight stronger

July 27, 2020 Gokhulraj R

Rural areas and a few other cities have demonstrated the importance of ward committees and areas sabhas, but their absence in Chennai has limited community response to the pandemic.

Civic

உள்ளாட்சி அமைப்புகளுக்கு ஒம்பட்ஸ்மேன் தேவை: கோரிக்கையை வலியுறுத்தும் தன்னார்வ கூட்டமைப்பு

December 11, 2019 Aruna Natarajan

A coalition of civil society organisations has released a manifesto calling for reforms in urban and rural local bodies. Read all about their demands in a translation of our earlier article in Tamil.

Civic

Have an Ombudsman for local bodies, say citizens in their manifesto ahead of civic polls

December 10, 2019 Aruna Natarajan

With local body elections approaching, a coalition of civil society organisations has released a manifesto demanding various reforms in the local governance infrastructure of the state.

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