India’s Rivers have played a dynamic role in shaping the country’s history, culture and economy. According to the Central Water Commission (2019), there are more than 300 cities which are located on the riverbanks of India. With the ever-increasing trend of Urbanisation, decreasing urban commons,...
The Yamuna ghats were smogged, cleaned, and re-constructed during the Chatth Puja. Fasting women went into the toxic and foamy water flowing into the Yamuna to worship the sun god. Politicians across the spectrum took up the task of developing the Chatth Ghat at the...
Cities are now home to some 55 % of the global population, likely to be 66 % by 2050. According to a UN-HABITAT report, the number of city dwellers is expected to grow at an average of 29 million annually. With increasing city dwellers, the...
People’s Resource Centre organised a state-level consultation on urban agriculture policy in Delhi. The meeting saw supportive participation from farmers, entrepreneurs, researchers, media and civil society organisations. We received many valuable inputs while the working group was appreciated for drafting a comprehensive policy to integrate...
हिंदी संस्करण के लिए, कृपया यहां क्लिक करें Public Consultation Meeting for the Urban Agriculture Policy Draft (Organized by Working Group on Urban Agriculture Policy in Delhi and People’s Resource Centre) [A copy of the Draft can be accessed here] Urban and peri-urban agriculture has...
Context Unprecedented flood situations occurred in many cities of the country and the world this year, severely affecting urban life. Today urbanization has become synonymous with the conversion of cultivable lands and commons into dense webs of concrete and asphalt and their transfer to private...
A month earlier, we had published our study on urban and periurban agriculture in Mumbai. Continuing with our research and action efforts, we invite you to join us for the upcoming public meeting on agriculture and allied activities in urban and periurban Mumbai. Date and...
Registration Link People’s Resource Centre invites you to an online discussion on the need for localization of governance and planning in Indian cities. This is the second session in continuation of our ongoing series to imagine alternatives and present people’s initiatives around the idea that...
[पहले दिन के कार्यक्रम को हिंदी में पढ़ने के लिए यहाँ क्लिक करें] Session-1 Directions for New Urbanism The introductory session of Farming the City 21 will be centred around the idea of how modern capitalist cities are the engines of multifaceted crisis which is...
Recordings of the discussion can be watched here. | सभी सत्रों की रिकॉर्डिंग को आप यहाँ देख सकते हैं. People’s Resource Centre, in collaboration with Institute for Democracy and Sustainability (IDS) and with technical support from Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme (TRIPP) IIT...