Practical Planning strategies

for Policy-makers

Satyarupa Shekhar

Citizen consumer and civic Action Group (CAG)

Udaipur

April 24, 2016

Credit: Transparent Chennai

Credit: Transparent Chennai

Credit: Transparent Chennai

Credit: Transparent Chennai

Rains and floods

Challenges

• Institutional and Organisational

• Cultural

• Political

Poor data

Informal is Invisible

Our response

• Community engagement

• Government collaboration

• Data and technology intermediary

Water stagnation

Do we need public toilets?

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Public toilets tender

Mapping of existing toilets from memory

(orange) and physical survey (green) Physical survey: 348 locations

were feasible Credit: Transparent Chennai

Credit: Transparent Chennai

Credit: Transparent Chennai

Corporation assets

Dog immunisation

Sewage outlets to the Cooum river

Homeless people in the city mapped

against locations of shelters Location of homeless

clusters

Homeless shelter mapping and maps

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Why is this important?

• 1/3 of the city’s population lives in slums or in high states of deprivation – no/ poor housing, water, sanitation, mobility, electricity

• Cannot use sensors, cameras

• Rich knowledge of councillors, engineers

Thank you!

Satyarupa.Shekhar@cag.org.in