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Playgrounds shrinking in Bengaluru

Deepali Jain864Leave a Comment on Playgrounds shrinking in Bengaluru

Playgrounds across the city have been encroached and are poorly maintained, depriving citizens of open spaces. Playgrounds across the city are being encroached and are underdeveloped in many areas which deprive children and adults’ access to open spaces.  One such encroachment in the city is in Girinagar. In 2019, the Girinagar playground was taken over […]

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Playgrounds give way to parks, illegal structures

Manasvi Gupta244613 Comments on Playgrounds give way to parks, illegal structures

Bengaluru’s unplanned growth has hit playgrounds and open spaces hard. Authorities prefer to carve parks out of playgrounds rather than upgrading them. Lack of grounds in schools adds to the problem. By Manasvi Gupta Authorities are turning open spaces into fancy parks but not into playgrounds. A 2017 survey by Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship & […]

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