Delhi might still have some catching up to do with cities like London, New York, Tokyo or Singapore when it comes to providing world class urban infrastructure, but here is one governance initiative that has won accolades from policy makers and experts at the second edition of the ongoing World Cities Summit in Singapore.
The city government’s ambitious “Bhagidaari” programme – citizen’s participation in governance - was among the top four finalists at the Lee Kuan Yew World City prize announced on Tuesday at the summit.
While Bilbao City in – which houses the famous Guggenheim Museum – became the first recipient of the Lee Kuan Yew World City Prize, instituted last year, the other two finalists – besides Delhi – included Melbourne and Curitiba.
Delhi government launched the ambitious Bhagidaari programme way back in 2000 with the idea to involve citizens through Resident Welfare Association’s (RWA) in finding solutions to civic problems affecting them. “We started off with 11 RWAs and today we have 2300 of them working with us. With our support these RWAs have taken up projects like rain water harvesting and maintenance of parks,” said Keshav Chandra, special secretary, Delhi government.
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