"For India to plan investments in buildings efficiency as a means of economic recovery, collaboration and trust between national and subnational, state and non-state actors is critical," write Sumedha Malaviyaand Tirthankar Mandal from the WRI India Energy program
Intensifying its conservation efforts for the Hussain Sagar, the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) is working on installing a floating boom barrier at the picket nala to arrest flow of floating trash into the lake. To this effect, a tripartite agreement has been signed between the HMDA, WRI India and DESMI to install the boom barrier for cleaning up floating solid waste from the Picket drain near Hussain Sagar (KIMS pond area) as a pilot demonstration project,
Jaya Dhindaw, Director, Integrated Urban Planning, WRI India Ross Center points out - “There is a real need for more public spaces. The existing ones are already very crammed. Public spaces could be explored inside institutions with large landholdings and big campuses, such as schools, colleges and the likes of the Indian Institute of Science. The existing local parks should be open for the public the entire day, closing only during the night. More people can be accommodated this way. More neighbourhood parks and open spaces, accessible by walk and cycling, are critical even from a mental health perspective."
Redesigning safer and healthier urban spaces for young people is the subject of a recent study by Nikita Luke, Rohit Tak, Ariadne Samios and Claudia Adriazola-Steil from the World Research Institute (WRI).
Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) strengthens its conservation efforts for the Hussain Sagar, and is working on installing a floating barrier line at the Picket nala to stop the flow of floating garbage into the lake. To this end, a tripartite agreement has been signed between the HMDA, WRI India and DESMI to set up the barrier line for cleaning floating solid waste from the Picket drain near Hussain Sagar (KIMS dam area) as a pilot demonstration project.
Around 60,000 children die in road accidents in India every year, many of them as pedestrians.In Gurugram, outside Delhi, WRI India found that many children were afraid of walking and biking to school, despite a desire to do so, while parents and teachers had high levels of stress about the daily journey to and from school. In a study in Mumbai, WRI India used a "photo-voice" method to gather direct feedback from children on their experience of a school area to better understand how to help them safely experience and navigate their streets.