Ishan's Local Area Planning Study based in Bareilly (Urban Design Study)

Bareilly Re-emerging Localities of the Indian City in the Covid/Post-covid era Ishan Kumar Garg| SPA/NS/UD/865 | MUD Sem III

Bareilly a city in northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh,

Bareilly By-Pass

City Growth Trends

Located on the East Ramganga River. Also known as “Bans Bareilly” and “Nath Nagri”. NH24, NH74, SH33 and SH37 crosses connecting Delhi, Lucknow, Badaun, Pilibhit, Aligarh & Kathgodam, making it most prominent market hub in the prescient since decades!

The

4 Quadrants

Broadly, the study zone is having 4 different characters separated

by Nakatiya River (N-S), and the main spine (E-W) Ashish Royal Park

low density, gated- row housing society. With ample open spaces. Higher MIG residents.

Bichpuri Village

Study Area

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Nakatiya River

Ram Ganga

IDENTITIES

BICHPURI VILLAGE

The study zone lies on an urban fringe and constitutes of very low literate population compared to the city (68.25%) !!

BICHPURI VILLAGE WARD 65 Population : 2908 Population : 8,364 House Holds : 657 House Holds :1520 5.2 person per family 6 person per family

46%

54%

Illiteracy Literacy

62%

38%

Purple blocks represents conflict structures, that comes under BDA acquired land, to be demolished.

Rohilkhand Med.Col. Major stakeholder, expanding continuously.

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WARD 65, JOGI NAWADA

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Bichpuri & BDA Conflict

To Lucknow

Study Area is sandwiched between E and NE direction and is an attention seeker for the developmental authorities, & real estate developers.

Apart from its association with Bollywood, city is also known for Zardozi, Cane furniture, Kites-Strings, Soorma.

Small 650 (mostly LIG) family village across river.

Today farmlands acquired by BDA for city expansion.

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Nakatiya River

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Locality Exploration : Infrastructure

Public College Farm Lands

Private College

Vacant Plots

Public School

Private Open spaces

Private School

Public Open Spaces

Open Spaces

• West of the river offer ample private and public open spaces, whereas West has farmlands.

Educational Institutes

• Only 1 govt. funded primary school (till 5th) • Illiteracy of village 62%

Public Toilets Private Hospital Open Dumping Public Hospital Municipal Dhalao

Healthcare

• Zone lacks Public Health care facility, Even Primary is not available.

• Private Hospitals are surplus on Pilibhit Bypass road, Rohillkhand medical college

Waste Dumping Zones & Public Toilets

• No municipal Dhalao can be seen in the neighbourhood.

• No public toilet in the village

Participation Process 1. One to One Engagement

Study area was covered in 2 Phases.

2. Meetings with Administrative Bodies

Phase 1 being Urban setting (Ashish Royal Park) Phase 2 being Rural setting (Bichpuri Village) i.e. under transition due to Urban Forces.

3. Stakeholder Identifying & Mapping

Phase 1

4. Focused Group Discussions

1. Google Form

2. Door to Door Meeting

3. Meeting in Public Places

4. Knowing Helping Hands

5. Photo Album

(21 Responses)

(68 Responses)

4 groups (Men, Women, Kids, Elderly)

(15 Responses)

(16 Responses)

Age Group

Occupation

Children Senior Citizen

Men

Youth Adult

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Medical Students Public/Private Sector

• •

Retired Teacher/ Professor

Women

Phase 1

Focusing Ashish Royal Park

Visitors

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Medical Students Public/Private Sector Homemaker

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Homemaker

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ARP Residents for Milk /Veg.

1. Google Form & Semi Structured Interview

2. Drawing Competition

3.Semi Structured GD

4.Transat Walk

(Self Filled -19 Responses)

(23 Kids Participants)

( Interviewing 6 Group)

(8 Walks)

Children Youth Adult Senior Citizen

Occupation

Men

Age Group • • • •

Farmer/Dairy Owner Marginal Labour Shopkeeper Domestic/Office/ Hospital Helper

Women

Phase 2

Focusing Bichpuri Village

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Visitors Domestic /Hospital Helper Homemaker

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Staff / Helper /Security Labours Delivery Boy Guests

Meeting Administrative Bodies Mr. Anil Kumar (Asst. En., Bareilly Developmental Authority)

Mr. Vivek Gangawar (Secretary- Bichpuri Village)

Secretary, Treasurer – (Ashish Royal Park)

Mr. Sanjay Chauhan (Ex. En., Bareilly Municipal Corporation)

Mrs. Priyanka Singh (Head of the Village)

Mr. Naresh Patel (Ward Counselor)

Phase 2

Participation Process : Focusing Bichpuri Village 1. Google Form & Semi Structured Interview

3.Semi Structured GD Targeting

(Self Filled -19 Responses)

( Interviewing 6 Group)

Using my phone to fill the data being told into the created google form, while Avoiding carrying a notebook and least picture clicking

I had a dairy in Durgan Nagar, Now shifted here. Plots are cheaper also its next to river, easy to drain waste water.

Approach is difficult here.

Promise me for a puccha hosue for villagers, Then I will take you to the real village where people still sleep under a plastic sheet.

2. Drawing Competition (23 Kids Participants) Targeting the groups already gathered at several spots, and discussing collectively.

Led to more discoveries and also prospects.

the groups already gathered at several spots, and discussing collectively.

Led to more discoveries and also prospects.

Come with me, I will show you the encroached public land parcels being used for private purpose (Gram Samaj Land)

I work in your gated society & earn ₹ 5000 PM. This amount is nothing. I wish to learn & work as a tailor while earning from home only

Land you see behind is all Gram Samaj Land, Take it as an opportunity & make something for the villagers!

4.Transat Walk (8 Walks) Post interview, requesting interviewee to take to the issues or opportunities spots. Helped in knowing insights, routes, and other issues while walking.

You wont find any village worst than this. No road, Fresh water, sanitation.

BDA has given us a notice to vacant this area, they say its their land!

Are the villages near Your hometown (Meerut) also in such situation?

We made this kuccha road post monsoon somehow.

Nobody lives there (ongoing BDA’s Development behind village) govt. made that area available everything, not here.

Participation Process : Focusing Bichpuri Village 2. Drawing Competition:

A competition (3rd-6th class) was conducted between 23 village students and were asked what they wish to see in their village, shortlisted 15 entries were asked to sit with their parents and ask them…..

Cleanliness Parks Toilets

Mujhe apne gaaon me kya kya chahiye?

TV Fridge

Water supply via tap

Clean River

Garden Puccha House Toilets

Where City & The Village Meets

जह ां आपकी कॉलोनी है वह ां मेरी झोपडी हुआ करती थी | इस नदी क प नी पीत थ मैं, पेट के ललए बहुत अच्छ थ | आप के म ललक ने मेरी झोपडी उखाड दी और पपताजी से जबरदस्ती अंगूठा लगवाया|

Nakatiya River

यही तो पहले गांव बसता था| होली लदव ली और त्योह र यही मन ई ज ती थी| पहले पेड की च रोां और यह चबूतर बहुत बड थ और इधर ही मैं और ब की ग ां व व ले बै ठते थे|अभी पुल पर बैठत हां | Due to the rate of urbanisation in Bareilly, Nakatiya river has experienced sudden transformation. A river that was a frontward for the whole Bichpuri with several nearby villages, has now became a backyard.

• Significant drop in the water level • Once a drinkable water today consists mostly of city waste • River Edges reclamation both from village and city.

• Going upstream helped in imagining, how the edge would have been before

Nakatiya River & Bahagul River act as the city waste carrier.

Currently “NO” Sewage Treatment Plant in the City”

2017

We are not from your locality, but since childhood we still come here to hangout.

We used to take bath, wash our cycles, and try to catch fishes. If clean water, and access to the river is possible, that would be really good!

2020

Focused Group Discussions Structured interview were conducted after individual meetings and identifying general issues. The objective was to put forward INDENTIFIED ISSUES, MORE ISSUES (Still untouched), and how they ca be resolved.

Teenagers (9th-12th)

Men (Shopkeeper, Marginal Labours, Drivers, Farmers) Sample : 18

• Lack of govt. education facility after 5th is not available, due to which many students quit education, specially girls.

• Lacking Sports facilities are far located into the city.

• We help our family livelihood and study parallel.

• Parents struggle so much, they should have self dependent options.

• IAS officer, Cricketer, Hockey player, Doctor aspirants (Girls/Boys)

Poor Sanitation

1. Discussing Issues

Women (House Help, House Wives)

Sample : 10

• Instead of Residential development, some portion could have been dedicated to Industries as well, would have created jobs for us.

• Way to crematorium is a social issue, should be solved.

• Fresh Water, Sanitation, Parks, roads and lights • What happened to us, shouldn’t happen with our children.

• Ration shops are too far have to travel 2 kms.

Kuccha Streets

Unused Gram Samaj Land

2. Getting Solutions Sample : 13

• We wish to have a respectable job, House maid isn’t. A home based job after certain training would be best.

• EWS Houses are allotted to people already having puccha houses, we are always left behind • We use Dev Sthaans or houses as place for meeting each other.

• Govt. primary Healthcare facility

BDA Vs Village

Degrading Riverine System

Identified Issues- Problems & Prospects Issues | Problems 1.

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4.

Prospects

Periphery of gated zones under Theft Threats Low Real Estate value, Empty Plots Disaster prone edge of society (Flood) Safety issues along main spine

City Drain getting merged

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G Ashish Royal Park Vaibhav Nagar

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1 2 3 4

Bichpuri Village

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Rohillkhand Medical College

A Kuccha Streets

Gram Samaj Land

Cement Concrete Street Open Drains

A. B. C. D. E. F.

Ashish Royal Park

D Vaibhav Nagar

F E B

Upcoming Ramganga Nagar Avas Yojna by BDA

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4

PMAY

PMAY

Bichpuri Village

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1

2

Rohillkhand Medical College

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7 Upcoming Ramganga Nagar Avas Yojna by BDA

Clogged Water Points

No Way to crematorium Conflict, Few houses of villagers over BDA acquired land Formation of Rural | Urban Poor Cluster Underused Gram Sabha land Under Bridge Weed smokers, Drinkers spot.

Tough access to river

G. H. I. J. L.

River Turning into city drain Far located Village Barat Ghar Poor Sanitation in entire village.

Kuccha Streets 80% Illiteracy, Lack of edu. Infra

1. Main spine and its edges 6. Encroached Gram Sabha Land 2. Bridge and its prescient (under, over) 7. Confluent RURBAN point of 3. Edges of Nakatiya River, Clean Riverine village, BDA acquired land for 4. Point where the city drain meets Nakatiya River 8. 6 Dev Sthaans across village, 5. Enhancing defunct Baraat Ghar as recreational spots

A little light is beaming in the darkness...in the hope of overcoming it

Sustainable Development Goals Ensure that all girls and boys complete free, equitable and quality primary and secondary education Build and upgrade education facilities with inclusive and effective learning environments for all Ensure that all youth and a substantial proportion of adults, both men and women, achieve literacy and numeracy Increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills

Improve water quality by reducing pollution, eliminating dumping & minimizing release of hazardous materials Integrated water resources management at all levels, including through trans boundary cooperation as appropriate Protect and restore water-related ecosystems, including mountains, forests, wetlands, rivers, aquifers and lakes Support and strengthen the participation of local communities in improving water and sanitation management economic productivity through diversification, and focusing on high-value added and labour-intensive sectors Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises Protect labour rights and promote safe and secure working environments in particular women Positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, per-urban and rural areas Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance Universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children Special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage

Sustainable Development Goals Ensuring the most vibrant STAKEHOLDERS of the neighborhood Considering the habitats of these stakeholders as a priority would surly help us achieving a development trend that is SUSTAINABLE.

GANDHI JI saw three conflicts in the way of building a modern India Conflict between Labour and Capital Conflict between Landless & Land owner Conflict between City and Villages

Bridging the proposed rural urban divide • • • • •

Upgradation of the houses under conflict Developing the Rural- Urban confluence Maintaining the Rural intimacy Land bartering between BDA and Gram Panchayat Rethinking the acquisition policies for RURBAN opportunities • Re-Envisioning proposals on un-plotted acquired land • Reserving rights and shares for the native villagers

Social Protection & Economical Escalation by Vocation • • • • • •

Social Integration with public space • • • •

Urban recreational Riverfront Kids – centred recreational zones Needling the Dev Sthaans together Connecting back and redeveloping cremation area

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VISION A sustainable and replicable RURBAN system is to emerge on Bareilly’s urban fringe as an example of a strong bonding rather than the margins that aims to spur an unbiased social, economic and infrastructure development which also ensures to resolve several existing or upcoming both social and natural dissensions.

A Skill Development Hub for Women Adding sustainable Industrial functions into the land use.

House based job opportunities for women Weekly Market “Education for all “ • Education centre for Illiterate Men/Women • A government Senior Secondary School in the prescient Developing a platform for “Sharing and Caring”

Compelling Local Needs • • • •

Required ration shop Health Care Centre (Govt.)

Ensuring good roads, sanitation, electricity facilities as village development authority ‘s responsibility Public Transport/Paratransit to each edge

Existing Structure Plan High Pedestrian movement is seen over the Motor Way due to Medical college, Hospital, Village etc.

High concentration of Private Educational and Medical facilities for Urban Population

Existing Baarat Ghar and Deva Sthaan, i.e. rarely used by the villagers

Farm Lands, gradually getting plotted for residential, Dairy development (Non BDA) Only available public open space near the village Defunct Gram Samaaj Land Area Acquired by BDA, but not plotted Dwelling units under Conflict

No Access to Crematorium

High concentration of Private Open Spaces under Gated Areas

Regular Paratransit

Irregular Paratransit

Pedestrian

Deva Sthaan “After” Deva Sthaan “Current”

Ongoing Residential development by BDA Ram Ganga Nagar, Sector 3

Gram Samaj Land

Existing Healthcare

Public Open Space

Farms

Very less active Paratransit route, No dedicated stand/Stop.

Proposed Healthcare

Govt. College

Private Open Space

Conflict Houses

Pvt. School

Ration Shop

Pvt. College

Govt. School

BDA, Un-plotted

BDA, Plotted

Paratransit Nodes

Crematorium

Proposing a STP to treat city drain water, before it gets discharge into Nakatiya river

Proposed Structure Plan

Green Belt & River edge Development.

Enhancing the role of Deva Sthaan as tiny, scattered recreational spot across village

Adding Healthcare & Ration Shop along with baraat ghar

Promoting a healthy pedestrian Movement corridor.

Skill Development centre for women With recreational areas opp. To it.

Common-open space for School & temple.

Resolving the BDA- Village conflicting, Suggesting an upgradation Scheme for both the stakeholders.

Extending Paratransit routes with nodes at major potential areas

Improving the budding holistic relationship b/w Rural & Urban through interdependencies

Regular Paratransit

Irregular Paratransit

Pedestrian

Activating the defunct walkway along water edge and extending it further to Crematorium while meeting at other village streets

Deva Sthaan “After” Deva Sthaan “Current”

Gram Samaj Land

Existing Healthcare

Public Open Space

Farms

Proposed City Forest and Lake by development authorities.

Proposed Healthcare

Govt. College

Private Open Space

Conflict Houses

Pvt. School

Ration Shop

Pvt. College

Govt. School

BDA, Un-plotted

BDA, Plotted

Paratransit Nodes

Crematorium

LDAP Design Demonstration

1. Nakatiya’s Edge Development &

Triggering Future Growth Pattern

2. Embedding Recreational Zones 3. Vocational Centre for Women 4. Creating a Common Ground Temple - Primary School

5. Rethinking the planned development scheme as Rural Urban Confluence

1. Nakatiya’s Edge Development &

Triggering Future Growth Pattern

CLUSTER SEPTIC TANK

• Extending the defunct walkway along the river, Will offer opportunity for agrarian communities.

• Will promote healthy Rural Urban Economic interaction • Eases villager’s pedestrian movement to their work places.

DEWARTS

EXISTING DEWARTS

Consumer’s Inflow Urban Areas

Easing Villager’s Movement

Potential zones for Replicating

STP Proposals along the edge

SDG 6, ensures sanitation & better water related management SDG 8 Better connectivity for both producers & consumers.

While protecting Labour rights & safe environment for them.

SDG 11, Reflects Positive economic, social & environmental links within the RURBAN System while protecting the natural heritage.

SDG 13,14,15 ensures safe & intact environ. for Flora & Fauna

Proposed Walkway and development pattern • Walkway also connects crematorium, which still doesn't have an access.

• Enhancing green belt that would cater to flora and fauna.

Proposed Pedestrian bridge under Motor Bridge

1. Nakatiya’s Edge Development &

Walkway

Triggering Future Growth Pattern

Agrarian village with a Very fertile land 1. Access to Home based agrarian activities • Organic Farming • Modern Urban farming Techniques like Hydroponics, Beekeeping, Drip Irrigation • Promoting domestic food processing units within Upgrading with compact production methods the village • Smart Organic Waste management techniques

Sell

Produce

Farm, Nursery, Pottery

OR

Animal Husbandry

Porous Edge

Ashish Royal Park

Such Rural environment will be very inviting for people from surrounding Urban Areas

Water Edge Development

SDG 6, goal eliminates dumping & recycling waste, While SDG 8, empowers micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises. Proposals also reduces possibilities of formation of an urban heat island in future.

Dairy Farm

“DEWATS”

Identified Talents

Organic Farming Nursery

Organic Waste Management (Cluster Septic Tank)

2. Embedding Recreational

Bhagwat Sthaan

Shiv Sthaan

Deva Sthaan , More than just Spirituality

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Today, village lacks recreational zones

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Kids do not have a play area.

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Identifying Deva Sthaan as recreational and redeveloping, organizing.

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Identifying Unused/ Encroached Gram Saamaj Land for community development and recreational.

Zones into Bichpuri

Utilizing the “Deva Sthaan” more than just the spiritual Space.

Envisioning these assets as recreational spaces a cost effective, quick, redevelopment can be done by the community itself within certain guidance.

Men, women, children would all together activate these Deva Sthaan all time.

Bishnu Temple

Bramha Sthaan

Before Devi Kund

Satiya Sthaan

SDG 11 here promotes Universal access to safe, inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, in particular for women and children

After

2. Embedding Recreational Zones Community Celebration Space • As we have seen, the area lacks open spaces and community gathering spaces, The defunct parcel of land can bring wonders into the neighborhood.

Kids Play zone Panchayat Ghar

Recreational space for Villagers

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• Activities for kids and youth into empty parcels will avoid re-encroachment of open spaces, and will help to keep them active and clean on the daily basis.

Gram Samaaj Land

Panchayat Ghar as Community Celebrations • A panchayat Ghar is under construction, which is expected to be used for community gatherings like Baarat ghar, Marriage events etc.

• Adding activities that certainly do not allow villagers to again defunct the space such as sports, kids play zone etc.

• Utilizing the existing Water Clogging point as a rainwater harvesting pond.

SDG 11 with inclusive and accessible, green and public spaces, SDG 6 , also ensures healthy, livable neighborhood by eliminating dumping & ensuring sanitization.

1. Community Park – Vocational Centre

2. Panchayat Ghar & Activities

3. Vocational Centre for Women

Vocational Centre

• The purpose of the vocational training center is to encourage and teach poor families to earn their own living.

• Women in Bichpuri are very unprivileged. They lack basic infrastructure, education, decent built environment and secure income.

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• The new vocational school provides professional training and helps the people to start sustainable businesses together.

• It is also a place for public gathering and democratic decision-making for the whole community.

Visitor’s Parking

Women of Bichpuri Showing their interest for a vocational center

• Organizing a local NGO will surly help.

Village’s proximity and advantages

Vocational center Will be facilitating

Educational Hub As NGO

Vocational Centre SDG 8 here ensures decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation encouraging growth as an organization. It also promotes safe & secure working environments for women specially.

4. Creating a Common Ground Temple - Primary School

Presently, Kids of the Primary school don’t have a playground or open space.

On the other hand Gram Samaaj land and temple’s open spaces are defunct.

Primary School

Temple

Both The temple and School can have a common ground, School Children keeping it active daily, where as temple can also organize events like Jagran, feast on special occasions.

Expected Volunteer for improving Village’s Education scenario Visitor’s Parking

Several activities within the temple like gaushala can also be activated.

School, post children education can educate the villagers as well, with “education for all” moto.

For School Children

Village’s illiteracy rate is 62%. Nearby educational hubs, just across the river can collaborate and form an NGO to help this village get enlightened & educated.

SDG 4 here helps in enhancing quality primary education by having more area for extra curricular activities and allowing visiting faculties/NGO members to come & enlighten. Educating of adults, both men and women ensures literacy, by extending school hours.

For Spiritual Gathering

PROPOSED BY BDA

5. Rethinking the planned development scheme as Rural Urban Confluence

Both, BDA (Bareilly Developmental Authority) and villagers claim the conflict zone as their land.

Proposed EWS Housing cluster Proposed land for School

The plan proposed by BDA looks very rigid, self centric, and would create a distinct separation between Village and the upcoming residential Development.

Bichpuri would soon become a typical Urban Village.

A scheme has been developed to resolve the conflict and bridge a relation between both Rural & Urban.

Shopping Complex

Senior Sec. School

Suggestion by BDA, to regularise existing streets

Conflict to non conflict Interchanging EWS housing land with the proposed school, thus upgrading the houses under conflict and constructing EWS houses along with them.

SUGGESTION TO BDA

Craft Industry Primary Healthcare With SDG 11, we ensure housing upgradation, without demolishing them so as to have a sustainable approach. Adding sustainable industrial units within to encourage decent work opportunities (SDG 8)

Conflict Houses & EWS/LIG housing

Craft Industry

Existing

MIG

HIG

LIG

EWS

Adding fire hydrant along the narrow streets would ensure fire safety!

Reaching back to the community

Conclusion

Yes, A little light is beaming in the darkness...in the hope of overcoming it

Fulfilling the needs of community, where SDG goals are embedded very precisely considering those needs which should result into an emerging healthy RURBAN system that becomes a role model for authorities planning for many other such villages lying on the URBAN FRINGES.

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Reaching back to the community, and discussing the proposals for a go ahead was a must.

Since it was for the first time the villagers had an experience of participating into a discussion or design process, they were excited if these can be executed.

Unfortunately they had a worry about BDA’s notice that their house under conflict zone will be demolished, they requested to be their voice and help them in resolving the matter.

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Recalling the way village and the community celebrated Diwali by lighting the dias into dark zones, Similarly the projects will act as an ignition source which would ultimately spread across with the community participation ensuring a good neighborhood as an output.