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While the Govt of India has set a target that 30% of all cars, 70% of all commercial vehicles and 80% of all two-wheelers sold from 2030 will be EVs, what is the current state of adoption in large Indian cities? Read our analysis to find out: https://t.co/hkFux9Vxih
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34 participants across 5 teams looking at five different lake/river systems in Chennai in a day long datajam. What did they find? Read here: https://t.co/E0QdmHTDQj
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Last day to register for the Chennai Lakes Datajam! Register now:
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OpenCity.in is organising a Datajam on "Chennai Lakes" in collaboration with Citizen Matters, WELL Labs, CAG Chennai, Care Earth, Reach the Unreached and Poovulagin Nanbargal Data Jam: Saturday, 27th...
Hello Chennai! OpenCity invites you to a Datajam on the topic of "Chennai Lakes". 🗓️: Sept 27th 2025 ⏰: 10 AM to 5 PM 📍: IIT-M Research Park, Tharamani, Chennai - 600113 Registration and more details : https://t.co/ldD3281VX1
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The Datajam is this week! Have you registered yet?
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OpenCity.in is organising a Datajam on "Chennai Lakes" in collaboration with Citizen Matters, WELL Labs, CAG Chennai, Care Earth, Reach the Unreached and Poovulagin Nanbargal Data Jam: Saturday, 27th...
Hello Chennai! OpenCity invites you to a Datajam on the topic of "Chennai Lakes". 🗓️: Sept 27th 2025 ⏰: 10 AM to 5 PM 📍: IIT-M Research Park, Tharamani, Chennai - 600113 Registration and more details : https://t.co/ldD3281VX1
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Hello Chennai! OpenCity invites you to a Datajam on the topic of "Chennai Lakes". 🗓️: Sept 27th 2025 ⏰: 10 AM to 5 PM 📍: IIT-M Research Park, Tharamani, Chennai - 600113 Registration and more details : https://t.co/ldD3281VX1
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Hyderabad's Bholakpur, nestled next to the Hussain Sagar lake is one of the oldest parts of the city. How is an old and heavily built up part of the city affected by Urban Heat? What has changed in the last 10 years? Read this analysis by Bharat Oraon: https://t.co/9PdvAOBthD
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P/North Ward is a climate paradox—green on the map, scorching on the ground. @opencity_in Mumbai heat jam participants share fascinating details. https://t.co/eq4BTRyImR
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Despite appearing lush green on a map, the P/North Ward in Mumbai is heating up due to indiscriminate construction and land-use changes, affecting the vulnerable.
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The Bengaluru Climate Hackathon brought together participants from diverse backgrounds to develop a dashboard to track Bengaluru's climate goals. From EV uptake to tracking data centers, what did the participants propose? Read more here: https://t.co/EBdwRDZoUA
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Saturday well spent with data for climate change with @opencity_in @bbmpcac Working with data humbles me everytime.
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Bengaluru took a big step towards #coding its climate future! The #BengaluruClimateHackathon at BLR Design Centre - hosted by @opencity_in in collaboration with Bengaluru Climate Action Cell, @WRIIndia, Mod Foundation & @citizenmatters - brought together an inspiring mix of 30+
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Mumbai’s M/East Ward, a sprawling peripheral area, embodies a tale of two cities. It is a vital economic engine, home to major industrial facilities such as the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Tata Power, RCF and HPCL. At the same time, it lies on the city’s fringe where
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How safe is Mumbai for pedestrians? Data from the Mumbai Traffic Police show that while the number of pedestrian fatalities is coming down, they are still a large part of road crash fatalities, and senior citizens are the most affected. Read more here: https://t.co/KXlRJnOqaZ
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Five days to go to the datajam! Register now:
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OpenCity.in is organising a Bengaluru Climate Hackathon in collaboration with Citizen Matters, WRI India, the BBMP Climate Action Cell. The event is supported by MOD Foundation. Bengaluru Climate...
OpenCity invites you to the "Bengaluru Climate Hackathon". Come develop a climate dashboard for Bengaluru! 🗓️: Saturday, 23rd August 2025 ⏰: 10 AM to 5 PM 📍: BLR Design Centre, Church Street, Bengaluru - 01 Registration and more details: https://t.co/PyCg2TJYKr
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Bengaluru, It’s time to Code for Climate! Are you a programmer, GIS expert, designer, or an active citizen with ideas that can make our city greener and smarter? Join us for the Bengaluru Climate Hackathon, a power-packed day where tech meets sustainability. Together, we’ll
OpenCity invites you to the "Bengaluru Climate Hackathon". Come develop a climate dashboard for Bengaluru! 🗓️: Saturday, 23rd August 2025 ⏰: 10 AM to 5 PM 📍: BLR Design Centre, Church Street, Bengaluru - 01 Registration and more details: https://t.co/PyCg2TJYKr
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OpenCity invites you to the "Bengaluru Climate Hackathon". Come develop a climate dashboard for Bengaluru! 🗓️: Saturday, 23rd August 2025 ⏰: 10 AM to 5 PM 📍: BLR Design Centre, Church Street, Bengaluru - 01 Registration and more details: https://t.co/PyCg2TJYKr
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In 2024-25 @BBMPofficial generated work orders worth Rs. 7528 Crore for works ranging from maintaining streetlights to white-topping. Where was this money spent? What works were taken up most? Read more here: https://t.co/02ScqM9WR7
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@oorvani collaborated with WELL Labs, Friends of Lakes, Biome Environmental Trust, and Paani Earth to conduct an @opencity_in datajam on Bengaluru’s lakes. Find the report collating the results here:
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In December 2024, Oorvani Foundation conducted a Masterclass on Lakes followed by an OpenCity datajam on the topic of Bengaluru Lakes. The goal of the
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The Bengaluru Climate Action Plan was launched in Nov 2023 followed by the creation of the Climate Action Cell. Dattatraya Devare looks back at how the CAC has performed in the past 20 months, the hits and the misses. https://t.co/5s440KGv4I
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Bengaluru’s first ever Climate Action and Resilience Plan (BCAP) was launched on the 27th November 2023. The main objectives of BCAP are to mitigate
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Hyderabad's Kondapur ward, no. 104, includes Hitech City on one end and the dense Prem Nagar (Prem Bazaar) at the other. How are these two vastly different areas affected by urban heat? Bharat Oraon tries to find out. Read here: https://t.co/y2lVhVIMOB
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Is it an assembly or parliamentary constituency? Is it a taluk? Is it a district? Or an urban local body corporation? Nah, South Bangalore is a feeling! Ref: https://t.co/SMmotZ3GwA
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