Author: Debolina Kundu, Tania Debnath, Swastika Chakravorty, Biswajit Kar, Arvind Pandey
The COVID-19 pandemic has had huge effects on the daily lives of all individuals in some or the other way. Apart from the widespread lockdowns, preventive measures that isolated individuals, and huge impacts on the world’s economy, it changed the way we lived our everyday lives to a great extent. Everything is done online, from grocery shopping to office work to school classes, ensuring people's safety and comfort at home. For example, shopping apps like instamart and zepto blew up during the pandemic.
Malaria, Doctors and Smart Cities
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Avira Bhatt
Student Grade 7, Heritage Xperiential Learning School, Gurugram
Sarika Chakravarty, Sr. Sector Coordinator (MPD-2041), NIUA
Anusha Mishra, Research Associate, NIUA
Dr. Mahreen Matto
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Reorienting Infrastructural Development in Slum/ Slum Rehabilitation area for Persons with Disabilities
17 years old Priya with Cerebral Palsy lives with her mother and grandmother in one of the slum rehabilitation areas in Mumbai. She has been unable to go for therapies since the past two years. Her mother says, ‘It has become more difficult for me to carry Priya on my back whenever she has to go for therapy. We live on the fifth floor and there are no lifts or ramps’.
Urban Recovery Response: Way Forward for Indian Cities towards the new 'normal' Post Lockdown Re-emergence Strategies: How can academic institutions and urban professionals support ULBs in finding coping mechanisms & institutional reforms? In a fast-moving global crisis, when information swarms from every direction, citizens look up to their governments for information, guidance and leadership. They expect to be kept safe and healthy. This puts an enormous responsibility on government bodies, public officials and administrators.