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About the City
Nodal Agency – Directorate of Urban Land Transport and Bangalore Smart City Ltd.
City’s Vision
To improve the quality of life of infants, toddlers and their caregivers, Bengaluru aims to provide increased opportunities for play and safe access to early-childhood services and amenities by building on the city's network of anganwadis in densely built neighbourhoods with little or no open space and underutilized spaces within publicly owned premises.
The neighbourhood consists of two wards located around the central part of the city, Hombegowda Nagar and Shanti Nagar. It contains many early childhood facilities frequented by young children and families on everyday basis. Some of the areas need immediate attention considering potential risks to young children and caregivers that will be addressed through the pilot interventions.
News & Updates
Accessibility to public open spaces in brownfield areas is a challenge. Therefore, the concept of pocket parks for dense developments was developed. Underutilized space of 90 sq.m. in the quarters’ area is converted into a play and interactive place for young children and caregivers, who also participated in the implementation of the project. This has enabled a sense of ownership for the public space within the community and serving around 45 children and 100 caregivers
The anganwadi is located in the dense neighbourhood as part of a school campus without any delineated play spaces. It is refurbished with dedicated play spaces of around 300 sq.m. for young children by adding age-specific play opportunities, appropriating handrails, toilet and washbasin to children’s height, connecting paths and seating for caregivers. This has encouraged children to be more independent and offers enhanced play opportunities.
The project aims to reclaim and reimagine spaces within the BBMP maternity hospital to provide safe, shaded, and ITC friendly seating and dining areas and necessary infrastructure to ensure comfort to the patients accompanied by caregivers and toddlers during their waiting time
The intervention aims to enhance the caregivers’ and toddlers’ walking experience by incorporating various measures to ensure safety and opportunities to pause and play. Strategic sections of roads providing access to child-care amenities, hospitals, schools, and colleges have been identified to create slow streets and safer junctions.
The project aims to enhance the travel experience of ITC by improving the wayfinding system at the TTMC, incorporating child-care amenities and creating activity pockets within the hub to engage children.