NMCG launches guidance note for riverfront planning development
New Delhi Sep 17 PTI The National Mission for Clean Ganga NMCG on Friday released a guidance note for developing riverfronts along the Ganga and other rivers a statement saidThe Guidance Note for Environmentally Sensitive Climate Adaptive and Socially Inclusive Urban Riverfront Planning and Development was launched by the NMCG atConnect Karo an event organised by the World Resources Institute WRI IndiaExplaining how this publication will be useful in making river-sensitive urban designs NMCG director general Rajiv Ranjan Mishra said This guideline will help city planners across the Ganga river basin and the country at large understand how to integrate urban riverfronts into a master plan Riverfronts help in reconnecting people to the river and make their visit to the river pleasant he saidRiverfronts are essential in meeting the increasing demand for public spaces in urban areas he addedThe document is a primer for all stakeholders who wish to implement urban river flood projects which are environmentally sensitive climate adaptive and socially inclusive the statement saidThe document offers a pathway to look at urban riverfronts as social spaces and thriving ecosystems and to collaborate to develop environmentally sensitive climate adaptive and socially inclusive riverfronts it said PTI PR DIV DIV
New Delhi Sep 17 PTI The National Mission for Clean Ganga NMCG on Friday released a guidance note for developing riverfronts along the Ganga and other rivers a statement saidThe Guidance Note for Environmentally Sensitive Climate Adaptive and Socially Inclusive Urban Riverfront Planning and Development was launched by the NMCG atConnect Karo an event organised by the World Resources Institute WRI IndiaExplaining how this publication will be useful in making river-sensitive urban designs NMCG director general Rajiv Ranjan Mishra said This guideline will help city planners across the Ganga river basin and the country at large understand how to integrate urban riverfronts into a master plan Riverfronts help in reconnecting people to the river and make their visit to the river pleasant he saidRiverfronts are essential in meeting the increasing demand for public spaces in urban areas he addedThe document is a primer for all stakeholders who wish to implement urban river flood projects which are environmentally sensitive climate adaptive and socially inclusive the statement saidThe document offers a pathway to look at urban riverfronts as social spaces and thriving ecosystems and to collaborate to develop environmentally sensitive climate adaptive and socially inclusive riverfronts it said PTI PR DIV DIV
