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Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge

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In News- Recently, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs shortlisted  25 cities for the ‘Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge’.

About

  • The first stage of the Challenge involved an open call for applications from city agencies.
  • The selected cities were Agartala, Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Dharamshala, Erode, Hubballi-Dharwad, Hyderabad, Indore, Jabalpur, Kakinada, Kochi, Kohima, Kota, Nagpur, Rajkot, Ranchi, Rohtak, Rourkela, Salem, Surat, Thiruvananthapuram, Tiruppur, Ujjain, Vadodara, and Warangal.
  • They will receive technical assistance and capacity-building to re-imagine parks and open spaces, improve access to early childhood facilities, adapt public spaces with early childhood-oriented amenities; and create accessible, safe, walkable streets for young children and families.

What is Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge?

  • It is an initiative of the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) in collaboration with the Bernard van Leer Foundation (BvLF) and technical partner WRI India.
  • It is a 3-year initiative aimed at supporting early childhood-friendly neighborhoods under the government’s Smart Cities Mission.

Significance of Nurturing Neighbourhoods Challenge

  • It aims to address the need for early childhood amenities in government office premises, bus shelters and transit hubs.
  • The Challenge has refocused attention on the importance of neighbourhood-level interventions.
  • It is well-aligned with the strategy of the Smart Cities Mission to promote inclusive, people-oriented development in compact, local areas towards scaling city-wide solutions that enhance our citizens’ quality of life.
  • It enables Indian cities to adopt an early childhood lens in designing neighbourhood-level improvements that promote the health and well-being of young children and their caregivers.

Smart City Mission:

  • It is an innovative initiative of the Government of India to drive economic growth and improve the quality of life of people by enabling local development and harnessing technology as a means to create smart outcomes for citizens.
  • The Mission will cover 100 cities and is being implemented by the Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD).

Source :TH


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