News and Features
Preserving Legacies Cohort 2025
Representatives from NAGAR and the FORT Heritage Conservation Association have been selected for the prestigious 2025 Cohort of Preserving Legacies, a global initiative led by the National Geographic Society, ICOMOS,…
Mumbai’s open space promise is shrinking
A joint NAGAR + UDRI study of Development Plan (DP) demarcated spaces in two of the city’s densest wards: P-North (Malad) and K-West (Andheri West) reveals a stark reality: only…
Beyond the Verdict: 17 Directions to Protect Public Open Spaces
Writ Petition 1152 of 2002, originally filed by NAGAR (then CitiSpace) in 2002, challenged the development of slum-occupied plots reserved as public open spaces under the SRA scheme. The judgment…
Paper published: A Digital Blueprint of Breathing Spaces in Mumbai
The research paper A Digital Blueprint of Breathing Spaces in Mumbai, co-authored by teams from NAGAR and the Urban Design Research Institute (UDRI), maps and analyses public open spaces across…
NAGAR’s objections to Draft RG PG Policy
In this Citizen Matters article, NAGAR’s complete suggestions/objections letter for the Draft RG PG Policy is featured. NAGAR raised strong objections to the BMC’s draft open-spaces policy, questioning the logic…