The TREADS Initiative with the support of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) invites you to the fourth talk of the series Water-Centric Master Planning in India on:
Urban Planning, Water Governance, and the Law
Friday, 30th August 2024, 3:30 PM IST
Speaker:
Mathew Idiculla, Legal & Policy Consultant
Moderator:
Dr. Srinivas Chokkakula, President and Chief Executive, CPR
This event will be held in online over Zoom.
About the event:
This fourth TREAD Talk on the theme of “Water Centric Master Planning in India” explores how the laws, structures, and rationalities underlying Master Plans engage with urban water governance in the country.
Master Plans are statutory documents designed to propose spatial interventions with corresponding budgetary estimates. However, urban planning often prioritizes infrastructure and land development, neglecting the complex socio-economic and ecological issues, thereby limiting the Master Plan’s scope and impact.
The talk examines the current legal framework around urban planning, water, environment, and local governance and demonstrates the lack of synergy among these interconnected fields. It highlights how the Master Plan’s legislative framework remains narrow, inadequate to address crucial aspects like environmental protection, climate change, and water management, despite their increasing integration into policy and planning initiatives. The discussion will focus on the legal and governance structures necessary for a water-sensitive and climate-resilient urban future.
About the speaker:
Mathew Idiculla is an independent legal and policy consultant in Bangalore and a Visiting Faculty at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU). He has engaged with the field of urban governance and policy for over 12 years of through academic research, teaching, consultancy, policy engagement, advocacy, and writing. Mathew has taught urban governance and law at Azim Premji University and NLSIU and contributed to research on peri-urban governance, planning law, sanitation, low-carbon urban design, and urban employment. He also helped draft the Greater Bengaluru Governance Bill, 2018, and writes regularly on various law and policy issues.
