Green Eminent : Urban & Regional Planning and Geomatics

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https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/restoring-indias-holiest-river

Restoring India’s holiest river The United Nations has recognized a nearly decade-long effort to clean up the Ganga River with a special award.

https://www.medianama.com/2023/03/223-it-ministry-influencers-mygov-tender/

India’s IT Ministry wants influencers to promote its MyGov project, issues a tender To increase its reach, MyGov has proposed to empanel Specialized Influencer Marketing Agencies to onboard and manage a wide cross-section of influencers

Weather changes across the globe has put humans on test. Climate change and its impacts are real for now. A decade old prediction on extreme events are true for many parts of world. Excessive rains or drought or cold wave or heat. We must change our path or wait for compulsive changes from nature.

Campaign for rural sanitation has been completed across nation with many villagers joining. The political mileage has been taken during subsequent elections. Now needed is sustenance of the scheme while people willing to maintain, but fall short of water and funds. Acceptance was the key now needs management interventions in the villages to sustain it. Lack of water, management and fund would make 'Swachh Bharat Mission' waste...time make the ODF ++ click with real time models.

Nature has effects on its horizons. Humans needed to explore, appreciate and learn from its vast extent. The digital era now proves nature to be more photogenic than to be explored. We are constrained by dominance of technology over our basic Instinct. Urban and regional landscapes need study of changes made by humans and its explusion of natural beings. Law of natural selection is altered and surprises of nature is misunderstood. Keep learning by discoveries and exploration.

In India's battle against water-scarcity, effective water management & rainwater harvesting will result as a sustainable solution. Rainwater harvesting means understanding the value of rain & to make optimum use of rainwater.

Flooding cities are being normalised as its now regular. Whats fundamental planning change needed for cities? Students and researchers must model cities vulnerability and educate the administration and people. Simple yet many urban areas lack needed data and tools. How to prepare them for being scientific than reactionary?

More cities needs to be assessed at country level. We have 8000 plus cities why not focus on all to have sustainable urbanisation.

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Nagari Short Film Competition 2021: People and Livelihoods The Nagari Film Competition is an annual competition designed to guide and develop films that focus on urban issues, specific to Indian cities. This year, Na...

War, Peace and its politics shaped past, present and future.

Urban Labour Market is concern for Indian cities. Time to have effective policy measures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2uD_jHG1q0

Study- 001 Urban Labour Market Vadodara Gujarat

Corona has made study of cities essential, disease spread, job loss and out migration affecting economy.

There is better way to explore the cities, the day and night stories are different. The situation is really ugly with day light with litter and dirt. The nights are better with cities making lights dim over such apathy. May be city needs more indoors than outdoors. Who is working for smart cities please make it real not virtual.

This time it rained well in all regions in India. Country on face of water crisis were provided with plenty by nature. Flooded cities have enough water but for how long only time will decide. We might not captured all water that was provided by rainfall. In fact the damage to infrastructure is more for cities to recover. The extreme weather is problem for global cities ecosystem. Unpredicted events created challenge for cities. How we are preparing communities or what they should be doing to overcome the losses?

Internal security has been considered as major threat by govt. There is visible decline in conflict assumed with neighbours when we are not in talking terms. Cities have brought in attemtion when our home minister in Delhi assumes and acknowledges the larger role played by intellectual individuals. These people now termed as 'Urban Naxals' who are supporting and propogating about rights of backward communities and tribes who are having armed conflict with central forces in central India. With exception very few would support violence to bring rights. Article in support of such groups by city dwelkers are seriously probed and even persons have to face the law. The cities are hotspot of idea exchange and views expressed in opposition to govt actions must be o n forums. Social conflict and action by communities have moved out from forested areas to cities. Right to Information, livelihood, food and shelter when becomes out of reach to some communities and field researchers often express their opinion so as to fight for justice as enshrined in constitution. Rural mass have low political voice and similarly small cities have getting lesser attention. Showcasing of some works by NITI Aayog about some distircts are good but it has slow in addressing problem of central India.

We have shifted to more central approach in our planning where state is lesser involved in welfare or related policy. There is gap in understanding and dependence on central ministries, leaving crumbling democratic setup in development related decision making. People with some capacity to express themselves are apprehensive about being branded as Urban Naxals. How do we address the issues concerning people that needs to be brought to main stream other than whatever good work govt., is doing today?

India needs planning for vast regions than just mega cities. We must share national plan for longer duration. Last five years planning in India seems to have taken over by consultants and project managers. Cities have been made to target smart but had lost control of path it's going to adopt. District planning and state planning is taken over by central planning at PMO. How long we are going to absorb learning from NITI Aayog that's it's flip flop with shorter version? Policy making and time lines are not clear. Can we suggest or list policies cleared by GOI? Policy must find space at the state and districts levels. Programs and schemes are fiscal in nature and for short term. Some resource management is required for medium and long term. When we can realise serious business..all policies are viewed and remarked online. Real policy making requires federal discussion among stakeholders.

In 2003, we (Green Eminent) had initiated Nagrik Paryavaran Raksha Yojna for awareness and collective action for Environment and Civic Issues. I thinking to revive shortly by adding Climate issues. Any suggestion for community action plan for water and environment is welcome.

Green Eminent : Urban & Regional Planning and Geomatics

Thought as on today

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https://greeneminent.blogspot.com/2019/05/cusp-of-democracy-accepting-development.html

Cusp of Democracy, accepting development and the New Government

Some elaborate thoughts in this blog.

https://greeneminent.blogspot.com/2019/05/cusp-of-democracy-accepting-development.html

greeneminent.blogspot.com Elections is nearing to end in the heat of 2019 in India for the national government. Some say this is to save the democracy and others for...

Thanks for view critical for future India and it's priority. We the people need to take care of food first.

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Supreme Court orders eviction of 1.1 mn forest families

Respecting SC when govt fails to identify forest dwellers under the Forest Rights Act. Remote Sensing not efficient in detecting past is being used to uproot or reject claim. Big challenges for all.

hindustantimes.com The law provides for giving land rights to those living on forest land for at least three generations before December 31, 2005.

Right to Question must be made fundamental to make Government Responsible

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Every Drop Counts: 100 Crore Indians Dwell In Water Scarce Areas, Finds Study

If we are serious? This mean more than 60 percent area of country and almost all major settlements. Water stress needs to agenda in manifesto. Do you agree?

thelogicalindian.com A report titled, “Beneath the Surface” conducted by WaterAid, a non-profit organisation further explained that of these 100 crore Indians,

We must strive of bring end to exploitation of nature for our greed. Bring back our concern on nature into national debates. Happy Holi flavour and colours of nature be with you all.