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Who We Are
Gurugram is one of the fastest-growing cities in north India. Fast-paced development has led to several issues concerning sustainability and governance.
Gurgaon First is an initiative for positive change focused on issues relating to sustainability, good governance women safety and empowerment in Gurugram. Launched in 2012, the initiative aims to highlight issues, suggest solutions, and showcase progress in an effort to improve both the living and working experiences of citizens in the city of Gurugram through conferences/conclaves/ workshops as well as research/publishing. Specifically, some issues that we focus on are smart and sustainable city, sustainable transportation, water and waste management, electricity management, solar energy, green buildings, eco-green initiatives, improving city governance, women’s safety and youth empowerment.
What We Do
Engagement
We engage with stakeholder bodies, CSO and agencies to being about Social Awareness
Shubhra Puri
Founder, Gurgaon First
Impact Stories
Do not see street vendors as menace
Integrate street vendors in urban development In this column, a few weeks ago I had opined that as a city Gurugram must make way for cyclists and pedestrians. I received a few frantic calls from readers who felt that the real culprits for road congestion were street vendors as they encroach upon all possible spaces
Harnessing the power of Sun
Towards making Gurgaon a Solar City Two recent announcements give renewed hope to the cause of making Gurugram a solar city. One is that the district has been allocated a large target of providing subsidy to the tune of 11 MW till March 2017 for grid connected rooftop systems. (The subsidy will be 30 per
Empowering RWAs
Nurture RWAs as nerve centres of city’s development To make our cities liveable and sustainable, we need to take individual, community and city level steps. Change starts from an individual level; a bunch of individuals collectively inspire communities to act, and if local colonies and communities transform, it cannot be too long before when the