This engagement has resulted in community resilience against urban heat and flooding through creation of nature-based solutions with additional benefits of social wellbeing- by planting over 1200 native tree saplings, creating recreational green spaces, ecosystem restoration of urban grooves as well as green livelihood opportunities to low-income communities, especially women workers engaged in maintaining the...
concrete on both sides of the creek. The approaches below bridges were also modified, and the top of the retaining walls/embankments were made motorable for light vehicles, allowing for easier access. To prevent flooding, one-way stormwater flood gates were installed. A “Wild Valley Biodiversity Park” along both sides of the Kankara creek from Gandhi Kutir...
to help them grow nutritious greens and vegetables until they are able to sustain on their own. Setting up the gardens on rooftops, wherever possible, the project is also contributing to cooling down the buildings offering greater thermal comfort for the beneficiaries. The project is primarily driven by increasing community resilience and social benefits, creating...
