22nd December 2023: WRI India Conducts Expert Consultation Workshop for Srinagar Metropolitan Region – 2047
WRI India invited leading national experts from the fields of mobility, infrastructure, economy and environmental and climate resilient regional planning for an online workshop to brainstorm on a suitable way forward for the Srinagar Metropolitan Region Development Plan.
An assessment of the provisions of the existing acts, broad existing situation overview, learnings from national and international case examples and emerging concerns were presented to the experts for feedback. The goal of the workshop was to arrive at a suitable roadmap for the preparation of the Request for Proposal (RfP) for the Srinagar Metropolitan Region Development Plan.
Subzar Bashir from WRI India provided a review of relevant acts and legislation while learnings from different international and national case studies of regional planning were presented by Pratibha Patil. Through a structured discussion moderated by Rejeet Mathews, our panel of experts and practioners shared their inputs and recommendations on infrastructure development, mobility management, land use, solid waste and environment management, and the economic development of the SMR region respectively.