News and Features

Preserving Legacies Cohort 2025
Representatives from NAGAR and the FORT Heritage Conservation Association have been selected for the prestigious 2025 Cohort of Preserving Legacies, a global initiative led by the National Geographic Society, ICOMOS,…
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Mumbai’s open space promise is shrinking
A joint NAGAR + UDRI study of Development Plan (DP) demarcated spaces in two of the city’s densest wards: P-North (Malad) and K-West (Andheri West) reveals a stark reality: only…
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Beyond the Verdict: 17 Directions to Protect Public Open Spaces
Writ Petition 1152 of 2002, originally filed by NAGAR (then CitiSpace) in 2002, challenged the development of slum-occupied plots reserved as public open spaces under the SRA scheme. The judgment…
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Paper published: A Digital Blueprint of Breathing Spaces in Mumbai
The research paper A Digital Blueprint of Breathing Spaces in Mumbai, co-authored by teams from NAGAR and the Urban Design Research Institute (UDRI), maps and analyses public open spaces across…
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NAGAR’s objections to Draft RG PG Policy
In this Citizen Matters article, NAGAR’s complete suggestions/objections letter for the Draft RG PG Policy is featured. NAGAR raised strong objections to the BMC’s draft open-spaces policy, questioning the logic…
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