Introduction On 5th October 2024, the People’s Resource Center (PRC) in collaboration with Camera Commune screened two films by PRC. The first film screened was “How Ahmedabad Lost Sabarmati”, and the second was “Disappearing Diving Communities; The Gotakhors of Yamuna” Both films speak of rivers...
Introduction There has been a larger disengagement from the city’s Urban Governance structure by its dwellers. If we look at this disengagement, why does this disengagement take place? Panchayat-level governance structures are functioning relatively well with public engagement and participation. A lot more people are...
Please join us the screening of Disappearing Diving Communities at Studio Safdar. Disappearing Gotakhors : Diver community of Yamuna”. The film attempts to focus on the lives of the Gotakhor of Yamuna and their traditional knowledge and expertise. The importance of Gotakhors lies in the...
With the late heavy downpour of rain, rivers in Bihar are inundating. Several areas have been affected by flood, chief among them are Kosi and Ganga. There has been flooding in the Gomati river of West Champaran too. Furthermore, three dozen rivers have died in...
A 2-day National Conference on Riverfront Development and its Socio-Economic implication across different rivers in India was organised by PRC in Kota, Rajasthan in collaboration with other stakeholders and activists around the country. The Kota Riverfront, developed at a staggering cost of ₹1200 crores by...
The UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing, in a guidance note issued to the governments of all countries in April 2020, made the following observations in the context of the COVID–19 pandemic: Evictions are not only inconsistent with the ‘stay home’ policy but...
74th Amendment Act envisioned a third-tier government at the urban level in the 1990s. Localization of government was deemed important because it creates checks and balances of government, and brings democracy into the political system, that is public participation. Plus having citizens participate in the...
Building on the momentum of the well-received Another City is Possible: Nurseries and Maalis edition, the initiative embarks on a new chapter. As envisioned in collaboration with the Indian Nurserymen’s Association (INA), we delve deeper into the National Capital Region (NCR) through a series of...
Rapid transformation of Delhi intended for development comes at an obvious cost as we witness deterioration of air quality, vanishing green spaces, and an overall neglected state of urban ecology. Creating a world-class city translates into engaging with aesthetics over pragmatic ecological improvement. Contemporary urban...
Food production involves a variety of processes from cultivation to crop production and management and collection to further distribution. Each stage involves a variety of specialised labour being put in by many people. However, what often goes unrecognized here, is the crucial role that women...