IndiaSpend's video: Mumbai s Governance Issues with Milind Mhaske Saving Mumbai IndiaSpend

On this episode of Saving Mumbai, Author and Podcast host Anupam Gupta talks to Sachin Kalbag and Milind Mhaske, CEO of the Praja Foundation. They talk about the Praja Foundation, the need for governance data, how civic elections work, Mobility, Housing, Air Quality and much more. ABOUT PRAJA Praja believes that urban governance in India has failed to deliver good governance to the citizens of urban India. We also believe that this is due to the governance structure of urban India. The lack of true grassroot democracy where local elected representatives and local governments are not sufficiently empowered and not responsive to the citizens is the primary cause for lack of effective governance in cities. Praja undertakes data driven research for identifying capacities in urban governance, map inefficiencies in their work processes and identify best practices. It then provides this information to urban governance stakeholders including elected representatives, administration, citizens, media and academia; and works with leadership amongst its stakeholders to identify and address inefficiencies in building their capacities to improve work processes in urban governance. (00:00) Intro (01:07) What does Praja Foundation do (02:52) Governance data and journalism (06:27) Municipal Governance, BMC Elections (11:00) Apathy amongst which citizens (13:41) "India moves in crisis" (15:30) Background to Civic Elections and No Local government (18:15) Mobility (18:46) Housing (19:14) Air quality (20:40) How issues are interconnected (22:30) Mumbai's open spaces (23:00) Mumbai's public transport vs private vehicles (24:50) Mobility investment (27:30) The last mile issue (32:00) An Empowered Mayor, taxes, Resources (34:48) Citizen participation (36:17) How can citizens improve accountability (37:15) Not enough complaints (38:30) Speaking to the councillor/MP (40:00) Citizenship is a full-time job (40:43) Contacts for elected representatives are in the public domain IndiaSpend tells data-led, evidence-based stories in public interest. We need you to support our journalism: Tweet us on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2KWU0bh Share our stories on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2JmXHDT Follow us on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2PdMxV0 To subscribe to our newsletter, please visit: www.indiaspend.com