Currently Consulting Editor, @CitizenMatters. Former Editor In Charge of The Week magazine.
Bangalore, Karnataka
Joined November 2012
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Drainage map of all districts in Karnataka can be found here. Drains include major sewerage and storm-water drains as well as rivers. Source of the maps is KSRSAC.
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An online poll by on the opaque Special Parliamentary session on what needed attention. 3 out of 4 ppl said Manipur. Zero hour & Question hour were revoked. An article by Anupama & I on behalf of @BahutvaKtka @citizenmatters @shaheenshasa @vinaysreeni tinyurl.com/yv57yyx2
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Satarupa Bhattacharya is Managing Editor at Citizen Matters. She has over 16 years of editorial and content experience across a variety of genres and formats. Apart from engaging in overall editorial supervision and participation in key editorial policy-making, she ideates, edits and occasionally writes stories for the various chapters of the magazine.
''I love stories. I love conversations about stories. I love watching stories enacted… and of course, reading them.'' - @sen_rupa
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Right to protest: Citizens demand freedom from Freedom Park.
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Citizens, rights groups demand removal of 2022 police order restricting protests to Freedom Park in Bengaluru. They say the order is unconstitutional.
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#HiringAlert Citizen Matters, a civic media platform under the Oorvani Foundation is looking for an editor for the Chennai chapter.
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1. Content ideation and planning
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Meera K, founder-trustee at Oorvani Foundation, co-founder of Citizen Matters and helped initiate Open City, an urban data platform. Through Citizen Matters she empowers citizens to shape informed communities.
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Meera K, founder-trustee at Oorvani Foundation, co-founder of Citizen Matters and helped initiate Open City, an urban data platform. Through Citizen Matters she empowers citizens to shape informed communities.
Your support fuels the stories that matter, uncovering essential civic issues and inspiring action. Click on the link in our bio to support our work.
oorvani.org/support-us
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Move beyond the horizon and rise above hatred.
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We Push the Sky, written and performed by Nisha Abdulla, explores the theme of the othering of a community.
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Mumbai steadily moves towards eco-friendly Ganpati celebrations.
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Ganesh festival is back with more enthusiasm and more energy. Families and groups are more conscious of its impact on the environment.
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#HiringAlert Citizen Matters, a civic media platform under the Oorvani Foundation is looking for an editor for the Chennai chapter.
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Beneficiaries of World Bank backed housing projects in Chennai left in limbo: IRCDUC study.
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A study by IRCDUC found that a majority of the beneficiaries of the World Bank-financed housing projects in Chennai lack security of tenure.
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Look deeper. Hold schemes accountable.
The Congress led State government completed 100 days last Sunday. A little thread on the party’s flagship five guarantees. Shakti (free bus), Gruha Jyothi (free electricity) and Anna Bhagya (free rice) have now been operational for at least two months. (1/12) @citizenmatters
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Mapping Mumbai’s hospitals.
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A mapping exercise of Mumbai's hospitals highlights the disparity between basic infrastructure availability and needs of citizens.
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Documents from Maharashtra Forest Department on activities and expenditure under Nagar Vana Udyan Yojana to develop urban forests in Maharasthra.
The report is from an RTI query by D.T. Devare.
data.opencity.in/dataset/mah…
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The Congress led State government completed 100 days last Sunday. A little thread on the party’s flagship five guarantees. Shakti (free bus), Gruha Jyothi (free electricity) and Anna Bhagya (free rice) have now been operational for at least two months. (1/12) @citizenmatters
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Pothole menace: Why Bengaluru’s roads resemble the lunar surface.
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Potholes have become a common sight. We take a look at the types of potholes, the underlying causes and the methods employed for their treatment.
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Retired community health workers wait endlessly to be recognised as employees.
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Retired community health workers have been waiting to be recognised as employees by the BMC for over two decades.
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Fantastic analysis on the state of bike taxis in Bengaluru! @opencity_in
"As shown by many studies, bike taxis can prompt a greater shift away from public transport which can have deleterious effects on the city in the form of congestion, pollution..."
An interesting study that highlights the benefits as well as issues with bike taxis. Our analysis of the report and what is missing in their study:
opencity.in/analysing-bmrcls…