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ashwin mahesh
Documents and Notes
Over the years, I've put together a few thoughts on the challenges we face in urbanisation, development, learning, and on Bengaluru. In addition, there are also several reports that I have written jointly with others.
 Kaaludaari BengaluruA city-wide network of walkable streets can shift a significant number of people from motorised transport for a lot of short trips. |  UMTA Now!!Bengaluru needs a unified, comprehensive and empowered transport planning authority urgently. |  A New, Urban IndiaA roadmap for urbanisation in the country, which identifies challenges in law, policy and practice, and recommends specific steps to solve them. |
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 Matthondu CauveryA practical plan to raise water availability to Bengaluru by up to 1500 MLD. |  Plan BengaluruThe report of the Agenda for Bengaluru Infrastructure and Development (ABIDe) Task Force. |  State of the City <br>ReportsSummary notes identifying what's wrong in each sector of development in the city, what's working, and what remains to be done. |
 State Urban Policy <br>* DraftFinal report of the committee to draft the State Urban Development Policy (submitted in 2010, but not adopted). |  Report of the <br>TDR CommitteeRecommendations made by the Committee on Transferable Development Rights - Lessons from elsewhere, and the pros and cons of their use in Karnataka |  Decongesting <br>BengaluruAn action plan for managing traffic and transport in the city, combining infrastructure development and a focus on sustainable mobility options - presented to inter ministerial committee. |
 Accelerating <br>SustainabilityThe motivation for my work at Factor 4 - arguing why the focus on ensuring rapid adoption of sustainable practices needs to be distinct from a focus on sustainability itself. |  Dumping SaakuLegislation proposed to the Assembly of the State of Karnataka to end the practice of dumping municipal solid waste in villages. |
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