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URBAN DESIGN AND REGIONAL PLANNING, INNER CITY
REVITALIZATION & CONSERVATION
Grade II A: Highest Grade II B: High
Heritage Listed Structures
Ÿ Improving public areas of the Pol, that would uplift the
pride and spirit of the community values
Ÿ Encouraging community engagement and women
empowerment through their participation in the
project
Ÿ Improving infrastructure, with support from AMC, to
improve quality of life for people of the Pol
Ÿ Retaining and enhancing the heritage character
including the tangible and intangible aspects of the Pol
Ÿ Ensuring sustainability by encouraging people to stay
in the Pols instead of moving far out suburbs, which
would otherwise result in consumption of additional
farmland, infrastructure provision, increasing
vehicular travels and related environmental impacts
Ÿ Improving sustainability provisions for rainwater
harvesting and ground water recharge
Existing Condition of Dhal ni Pol
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Engagement Workshops
Grade III: Moderate
Design Workshops
Ÿ Ensuring economic benefits from enhanced property
MOBILIZATION OF RESOURCES PROCESS
MHT has signed the Declaration of Cooperation with Inception and Community Engagement: Four years
AMC on 23rd August 2018, wherein AMC agreed to ago, MHT encouraged the active participation of women
support and partner in Dhal ni Pol project. The project in the process of community engagement through a series
funding is provided by SELCO Foundation and HT of workshops to generate awareness and identify issues
Parekh foundation. The design and planning were carried for the improvement and revitalization of Dhal ni Pol. The
out under the technical and strategic guidance of experts objective was to conduct an open public platform where
from CEPT University. The execution team was the residents, shop owners and vendors could put forth
comprised of one MHT team, contractors appointed by their views and perspectives. Engagement workshops
MHT, the engineering team of the AMC for water and were organized even after the conceptual design stage to
sewage network and service providers for electrical, TV discuss final changes to be incorporated in the detailed
cable and telecommunication. In addition, a team of design.
expert sub-consultants were hired for detailed Existing Situation Analysis: The activities were mapped
infrastructure and engineering design. The Community and analyzed to gather qualitative as well as quantitative
Action Group (CAG) of women of Dhal ni Pol provided
data of the delineated site and to understand various
monitoring and feedback on day to day basis which
aspects of the Pol, for the public area improvement plan.
helped strategic decision making.
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