Transparent Chennai

Researcher Satyarupa Shekhar has been quoted in this article in The Hindu (Tamil) on the newly installed urinals in various parts of the city.

TC researcher Roshan Toshniwal is quoted in this article by the Times of India, on the reasons for the deplorable quality of roads in Chennai.

That’s what the Forbes calls us in this awesome article about Transparent Chennai’s collaboration with citizens and government officials, and the use of paper maps, data and open-source digital technology to bring much-needed attention to problems in urban governance in … Continue reading →

Transparent Chennai conducted a workshop in K K Nagar, at which residents designed their ideal streets and its pedestrian infrastructure. Mambalam Times and The Hindu announced the workshop, and the Deccan Chronicle and the Times of India covered the event.

Nadakalaama Chennai? is an initiative by Transparent Chennai to raise awareness about, and plan pedestrian infrastructure in the city. The Hindu’s Downtown supplement carried a short piece about this initiative here.

Transparent Chennai’s collaboration with the Disability Rights Alliance to design disabled-friendly footpaths is mentioned in this article in The Hindu.

Researcher Roshan Toshniwal was quoted in this article in The Times of India on the problems with market complexes that the Corporation of Chennai has built to house street vendors.

In order to propose a decentralised solid waste management system, Transparent Chennai is now undertaking a survey of garbage in Ward 173. The Hindu talks to researcher Avni Rastogi on the project here.

Transparent Chennai researcher Roshan Toshniwal is quoted in this article in the Times of India discussing the issues with complexes that are being built for vendors, and how they can be planned better.

Researcher Roshan Toshniwal is quoted in this article in The Times of India on the need to create infrastructure to support pedestrians.