# Samaaj Data Collective : Newsletter (July 2025)

**URL:** https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/samaaj-data-collective-newsletter-july-2025/4118
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**Created:** [July 21, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/samaaj-data-collective-newsletter-july-2025/4118 "2025-07-21T05:03:54Z")
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#### Post date: [July 21, 2025, 5:03am UTC](https://grove.rainmatter.org/t/samaaj-data-collective-newsletter-july-2025/4118/1 "2025-07-21T05:03:54Z")

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Hi

We just dropped the debut edition of **The Dispatch from Samaaj Data Collective** —your **quarterly peek into some powerful civic-data storytelling**!

Highlights inside:

- 6 new partners, over 400k fresh data points, and 8 deep-dive narratives on urban flooding, sanitation, waste & more.

- A spotlight on Paani.Earth’s Waterscapes exhibit—see how Bangalore’s forgotten rivers are inspiring community action.

- Eye-opening stories:  
✴How citizen & government collaborations are reshaping trust  
✴Bangalore neighbourhoods mapping garbage hot-spots, the hidden rivers of our city and plans to revive them.  
✴What’s next: find us at **India FOSS 2025** , a Pune tree-census feature, and a brand new chatbot that speaks data!

Curious? Dive in [here](https://sh1.sendinblue.com/aespu3fwxxpfe.html?t=1752735988222)

> **[Samaaj Data Collective | The Dispatch](https://sh1.sendinblue.com/aespu3fwxxpfe.html?t=1752735988222)**
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