Fostering Climate Resilient Water Security through Community Action in the Darjeeling Himalayas
Written By: Souhardo Chakraborty and Bedoshruti Sadhukhan “We need to make multiple trips on foot along treacherous mountain trails to small groundwater upwelling points, located 300 metres downhill, starting from 3 AM in the morning to collect water. If we delay then we must wait hours for groundwater to refill the well, because others would […]
UrbanShift India 1st National-Local Dialogue
Summarised by Pratibha Caleb Topic of First National-Local Dialogue: Indian perspective of sustainable and smart infrastructure development Level of Representation: National government representatives – Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs(MoHUA), National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) Local government representatives from five cities: Surat, Pune, Chennai, Puducherry and Agra Other representatives from UN agencies, NGOs, research institutes, […]
Tackling Food Adulteration as a Measure to Ensure Access to Safe Food in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh is home to over 21 million residents (as of 2021)[1] and is the most densely populated city in the world, with a density of 47,400 people per square kilometer (Dhaka Tribune, 2018). This teeming population requires that food is produced at an unprecedented rate and yet studies that show that […]