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Nagpur among 25 cities in India to be selected for Nurturing Neighbourhood Challenge


Nurturing Neighbourhood Challenge? was launched by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, on November 4th, 2020, aiming to work with Indian cities and their partners to pilot and scale ways to improve public space, mobility, neighbourhood planning, access to early childhood services and amenities and data management across city agencies.

Other cities that have been selected for the Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge? are: Agartala, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Dharamshala, Erode, Hubballi-Dharwad, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Kakinada, Kochi, Kota, Nagpur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rohtak, Rourkela, Salem, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruppur, Ujjain, Vadodara, and Warangal.
During the initial three-month application period, over 100 cities were engaged through remote or in-person discussions and online capacity-building workshops under the Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge.

Under Nagpur Smart City, NSSCDCL had submitted proposal of neighbourhood-level pilot projects in Bidipeth area of the city, with 5 site areas including Primary Health Centre (PHC), 3 public gardens including Trikoni and Tara garden and a road junction, aiming to have mobility and access to basic services to enhance the physical and psychological health of young children and their caregivers.

Under this challenge, Ministry had announced twenty-five (25) shortlisted cities for the Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge? cohort. Nagpur has been among the 25 shortlisted cities and only 1 city in Maharashtra.

As a pilot, NSSCDCL recently have implemented interventions in PHC and Trikoni Garden. In Trikoni Garden emphasis has been given for rejuvenating play areas for kids.

Under interventions, play areas with nature elements have been proposed with Child farming area, Children Cycle track, Info-graphic boards/charts, seating spaces out of waste tyres, bird nests, ground water recharge. Similarly, plain walls have been painted with info-graphics portraying importance of good health, sustainability, etc.

NSSCDCL in collaboration with NMC has celebrated Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav from 1st Oct. to 3rd Oct. Under this, Mayor Dayashankar Tiwari has inaugurated events on 3rd Oct. in Trikoni Garden in presence of Chief Executive Officer of Nagpur Smart City Buvneswari S.

Mayor has acknowledged the various interventions proposed by NSSCDCL under nurturing Neighbourhood Challenge. Hon. Mayor also inaugurated the event of labels to various trees portraying the tree information.

There has been eye-catching response from the kids and senior citizens, residents towards the pilot interventions.

In PHC, weather roof shed, seating area, ramp for disabled, public toilets, drinking water facility, wash basin, separate entry to pathlab, etc. interventions have been proposed to be executed under this challenge. The Anganwadi near the PHC will be connected to the open space with vibrant colours on streets for pacing down the traffic movement.

Similarly, In Tara garden, Bio-diversity Park is proposed with sensory garden for kids.

The physical interventions in the given spaces have been proposed with engagement activities designed to support behavioural changes targeting the young children and their caregivers.

The focus has been on safe & sustainable neighbourhood with climate resilient interventions. In this challenge, World Resources Institute (WRI) & BVL has been the knowledge partners of the Ministry to NSSCDCL. The pilot interventions in Trikoni garden have been funded by ICLEI South Asia under the Urban LEED Project ? 2 & implementation by Earthlings Studio.

The concepts & designs for Nurturing Neighbourhood sites have been developed in consultation with Planning team of NSSCDCL. This project will be taken up soon on all five sites with permanent placing and further will be scale to other part of city with identified locations.

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Politicians, businessmen shower blessings on Chandrashekhar Bawankule’s son Sanket at his wedding reception

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Amar Ashok Jajoo | Photographer : Nitin Mankar | Photographer : Anurag Raut | Nagpur

Renowned politicians, businessmen and other prominent Nagpurians showered their blessings on MLC Chandrashekhar Bawankule’s son Sanket Bawankule and his wife Anushka during the couple’s wedding reception made held at the Mahalaxmi temple premises in Nagpur’s Koradi on May 29.

Those who attended the reception included: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Maharashtra minister Balasaheb Thorat, former Union Minister Praful Patel, former Maharashtra CMs Devendra Fadnavis and Prithviraj Chavan, Rishi Darda (Joint Managing Director, Lokmat), Suresh Sharma (MD, Baidhyanath, Sunil Raisoni (Chairmain, Raisoni Group), along with several other prominent people.

The couple got married on May 28 in Pune. The wedding was attended by the likes of Gautam Adani, Baba Ramdev, Raj Thackeray and Union Minister Prakash Javadekar.

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Armaan Malik regales, Kapil Dev inspires Nagpurians at Khasdar Krida Mahotsav

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Amar Ashok Jajoo | Photographer : Nitin Mankar | Nagpur

Legendary Indian cricketer Kapil Dev and popular singer Armaan Malik came calling to Nagpur on May 28 to attend the closing ceremony of the season 4 of Khasdar Krida Mahotsav held at Yashwant Stadium. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis were prominently present during the ceremony, which was attended by thousands of citizens.

During the ceremony, while Malik entertained the people present with his popular songs, Dev played cricket with Fadnavis and Gadkari on the stage. Gadkari, who is the man behind the sports festival, was seen enjoying the batting while Dev bowled to him. During his speech, Dev spoke as to why a sportsperson should play for the passion they have for the game and not play just for money.

The 13-day Khasdar Krida Mahotsav, which started on May 13, saw 45,000 sportspersons participating in 30 sports events. In all, around Rs 93 lakh was distributed as prize money during the 13-day sports festival.

WATCH: Nitin Gadkari, Devendra Fadnavis play cricket with Kapil Dev at Khasdar Krida Mahotsav in Nagpur

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WATCH: Fadnavis showers praises on Nitin Gadkari, Kapil Dev during Khasdar Krida Mahotsav in Nagpur

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Sunil Kedar kicks off 10-day Late Dr Shrikant Jichkar Memorial Cricket Tournament in Nagpur

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Amar Ashok Jajoo | Photographer : Nitin Mankar | Nagpur

Sunil Kedar, Minister of Sports and Welfare, Maharashtra inaugurated the 10-day Late Shrikant Jichkar Memorial Cricket Tournament at the Bishop Cotton School ground in Nagpur on May 27. The tennis ball tournament called the ‘CPL,’ which is powered by Nation Next, is being organized in association with Swasthyam Multispecialty Hospital by Core Media & Events. Other partners include 93.5 Red FM, Shree Balaji Xerox and Signages and Vyankeshwara Infrastructure.

In the tournament, more than 60 teams will compete against each other to win the Late Amol Jichkar Challenger Trophy. The tournament will be organized by till June 5 and will take place every day from 5 pm to 10 pm. Apart from Kedar, prominently present during the inauguration of Late Shrikant Jichkar Memorial Cricket Tournament were Congress leader Narendra Jichkar, former Maharashtra minister Satish Chaturvedi, former MP Gev Avari, former MLA Ashok Dhawad, Sanjay Dubey (Secretary, MPCC), Shrimant Mane (Executive Editor, Lokmat), along with others.

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