The development of viable last-mile solutions is key to improving the lives of urban Indians. When it comes to last mile connectivity to metro stations in Bangalore, most commuters tend to take the bus while others prefer walking, or use autos, private cars and cycles. However, many users feel that the bus service is inadequate, and that autos are unavailable when they need them.
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August 18, 2018
18 August 2018 | Dehradun: The World Resources Institute (WRI) India in partnership with Acclimatise and the Uttarakhand State Climate Change Centre (SCCC) hosted a workshop on improving planning for climate adaptation and resilience using a data-driven approach.
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August 03, 2018
Click on the link below to browse the first issue of EV Connect, a WRI India newsletter that is focused on updates on electric mobility. This issue has an interview with Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog on the future of electric mobility in India and other curated news on electric mobility, from around the world.
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July 27, 2018
World Resources Institute India, Confederation of Indian Industry, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation, and MacArthur Foundation have launched a new portal under the Green Power Market Development Group (GPMDG) initiative to serve as a comprehensive resource center for the Indian corporate sector. This is much-needed in order to propel the corporate renewable energy market and help India achieve its overall national targets.
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July 25, 2018
Bengaluru’s trajectory of unprecedented urbanisation and economic growth has brought with it the chaos of haphazard development that is negatively impacting human and environmental health. At Unlock Bengaluru on 21 July 2018, experts and practitioners from various sectors deliberated on these issues under broad themes like water, mobility, energy efficiency, urban governance, and the development of large corporate parks and residential townships.
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July 04, 2018
On 4 July 2018, the Delhi Government, in association with WRI India as knowledge partner organized a workshop to launch 'Connect Delhi', an initiative that aims to bring together multiple stakeholders both inside the government (i.e. the transport department, Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC), DIMTS, etc.) and outside it (i.e. technical experts, civil society, RWAs, etc.), to effectively implement the ‘Route Rationalisation Project for Buses and Feeder Services in Delhi’.
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June 29, 2018
For more than six decades, more than half the villages in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh states of India have grappled with a peculiar land tenure problem called the orange areas dispute. As a result of this dispute, hundreds of thousands of hectares of forests are not fully protected by law. At the same time, more than 1.5 million tribal and poor households are vulnerable to the threat of eviction.
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June 20, 2018
A recent visit to India by members of DART (Dar Rapid Transit) from Tanzania shows how other countries are aspiring to replicate India’s Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system, currently running in Ahmedabad, Indore and Bhopal. DART, which became operational in May 2016, has been working towards a sustainable transportation system that is better managed, similar to BRT systems in several Indian cities.
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June 15, 2018
On 1 June 2018, in lead-up to the World Environment Day, heads of India’s prominent corporate groups, including Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co Ltd., Arvind Ltd, Kirloskar Brothers Limited, Dalmia Bharat, KPIT Technologies, Tata Motors, Mahindra Lifespaces and others, joined a high-level CEO roundtable on Friday to shape actions that can be undertaken by the private sector towards supporting India’s ambient air quality goals.
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June 12, 2018
12 June 2018 | Bhopal: The World Resources Institute (WRI) India in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh State Knowledge Management Centre on Climate Change, Environmental Planning and Coordination Organisation (SKMCCC, EPCO) hosted a workshop on improving planning for climate adaptation and resilience using a data-driven approach.