To enable citizens to participate and come up with innovative strategies for developing the city and improve the quality of life, FFC (Foundation for Futuristic Cities) has announced ‘Citizens for City’ contest. Anyone can draft a well-researched strategy from a list of 30 topics given on the foundation’s website, www.citizensforcity.org. It was formally launched by Deputy Speaker of the State Assembly Nadendla Manohar here on Tuesday.
For the full report in the Hindu, click here.
The civil society in every city is quite at it, now. The challenge lies in getting the neta-babu lot to provide them more space.
Muralidhar Rao
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common to all cities
The subjects are common to all cities, and most have already been discussed in depth in PRAJA. The solutions perhaps lie somewhere in them.
Public Toilets: http://praja.in/en/blog/nagrajprabhu/2009/08/08/public-toilet-ppp-initiative#comment-16351
Noise-free City: http://praja.in/en/blog/murali772/2008/07/09/noise-pollution
Energy conservation: http://praja.in/en/blog/murali772/2009/08/26/indias-power-backup-bill-rs-130000-cr-year
Healthcare: http://bangalore.praja.in/blog/murali772/2008/11/11/healthcare-less
Promoting entrepreneurship: http://www.praja.in/blog/murali772/2007/12/29/less-government
Green city & Traffic: http://praja.in/en/blog/murali772/2007/12/12/better-bussing-green-bangalore
Lakes: http://praja.in/en/blog/sanjayv/2009/09/07/prof-ramachandra-iisc-meeting-report
Public buildings/ spaces: http://www.designtrust.org/; http://praja.in/node/1027
And, finally for effective citizen participation: http://bangalore.praja.in/blog/murali772/2009/04/07/upper-houses-cities