Ranjit Gadgil is Programme Director at Parisar, a Pune-based NGO working to promote sustainable cities, deepening democratic processes and conserving built and natural heritage. He is a graduate from IIT Kanpur where he studied Physics. An avid cyclist, Ranjit uses a cycle to get around in Pune.
Cabinet-approved amendments to the AMASR Act of 1958 allow construction for ‘public works’ even within the prohibited buffer zone around nationally protected monuments, posing a real threat to these heritage structures.
