[Urbanstudy] [HasiruUsiru] Activists meet develops alternative plans

Tue Apr 7 12:10:40 IST 2009

Guess its not a bad idea to emulate in Bangalore.

leo

Vinay Baindur wrote:
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-4341734,prtpage-1.cms 
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>   Activists meet develops alternative plans
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> 1 Apr 2009, 0006 hrs IST, TNN
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> PUNE: In an effort to develop alternative paradigms for governance, 
> the Centre for Development Studies and Activities (CDSA), Pune and 
> India Habitat Centre, Delhi, recently held a workshop on City and 
> sustainability' at CDSA, where various organisations and activists 
> participated to facilitate the development of vision for "sustainable 
> urbanisation in India." 
>
> The Pune consultations were a precursor to the Habitat Summit 2009 to 
> be held from September 23 to 30 in New Delhi with an objective to 
> anchor an ongoing dialogue on challenges and opportunities inherent in 
> the inevitable urbanisation of India. 
>
> Speaking at the event, Raj Liberhan, director of India Habitat centre, 
> said the idea was to understand the experiences of different cities 
> because each city has a personality and there are city specific 
> aspirations and concerns. 
>
> "Residents of the cities are frustrated with the kind of policies and 
> development that is happening. They want to create a dream for their 
> city. But when we say that what is happening is not the right way, we 
> can't just stop at that. We need to offer an alternative paradigm and 
> pave the way for different process of governance," Liberhan said. 
>
> He pointed out that efforts are being taken in different cities to 
> prepare such models by intellectuals, activists, experts and citizens. 
>
> "This alternative should be prepared keeping in mind experiences faced 
> by different cities and then put forth before the policy-makers to 
> consider it. A set of expectations should also be prepared as to what 
> are the issues that are of foremost concern to citizens and not to 
> policy-makers," Liberhan said. 
>
> Director of CDSA, Aneeta Gokhale-Benninger said participatory 
> governance is the key ingredient for sustainability of cities. "It is 
> the urban poor who are delivering the services to the others, but they 
> should not be treated as second class citizens. Livelihoods, housing 
> and poverty are the biggest concerns. It is very important to manage 
> the financial, natural and human resources," Benninger said. 
>
> President of National Society for Clean Cities, Satish Khot 
> highlighted the need for citizens to feel the ownership of the city to 
> begin to fight for it. "Involvement in the process is most important 
> for participatory governance. When people start realising that 
> something is missing, it is then that they start getting involved and 
> demanding for what is theirs," Khot said. 
>
> Echoing similar thoughts, former mayor Vandana Chavan said citizens' 
> empowerment is very important. "Citizens should make their elected 
> representatives accountable and responsible. Capacity building 
> exercises for corporators for tackling urban planning issues is also 
> necessary," Chavan said. 
>
> Others present for the consultation meeting were activists like Maj 
> Gen (Retd) S C N Jatar, Sujit Patwardhan, architectural and planning 
> consultant M N Jogalekar, Sanskriti Menon, Narendra Dengle, Anupam 
> Saraph and Sharad Mahajan.
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