chennai floods

  Bengaluru this week January 14th 2016     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     Everybody knows Bengaluru roads are unsafe. In all likelihood, you or someone you know personally has had an accident - whether inside a vehicle, or more commonly as a pedestrian. While roads of bad quality and unscientific traffic design are one reason, how do we minimise the risk? The government says: wear helmets. So we wrote up an FAQ on that! In parallel, there are a bunch of things the state needs to do. This and more in this…

  Bengaluru this week December 21st 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     Seasons greetings! Our #EnableChange fundraiser has come to a close. To all of you who pitched in - by making a donation, by becoming members, by spreading the word, by writing for us - a big, big thank you from all of us at Citizen Matters. It is only because of your support that we will be able to continue doing what we do. Please give yourselves a pat on the back, for it is your help that will…

  Bengaluru this week December 10th 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     We’re happy to inform you that Citizen Matters was one of three finalists in the first ever #innovationforgood award, instituted by the Centre for Work, Technology and Social Change in collaboration with SASNET at Lund University, Sweden. We received the honorary prize at the Media and Innovation Days Conference on December 9th 2015, at New Delhi. Our #EnableChange fundraiser is running for only 6 more days and we still need to raise 50% of our target of Rs 5,00,000.…

  Bengaluru this week December 3rd 2015     CITIZEN MATTERS Bangalore's own interactive newsmagazine Speak up, it's your city!     We pride ourselves on featuring the work of those Bengalureans who have been working hard to make a difference to the city and the community at large. It is to ensure that we continue to enable these changemakers that we are reaching out to you for help. 5,000 or 10,000 Rupees (or any amount that works for you) - your donation will #EnableChange and help us support Bengaluru's amazing people! Online Donation | Cheque or NEFT | More info…

Chennai is fighting the worst rain in a hundred years and the floods are causing unimaginable devastation and tragedy. Many are watching the tragedy and the fightback live on television and internet and wondering how they can help. The Centre has sent the army and naval forces for rescue work. All modes of travel to the city have been shut down. Event as the Met Department has warned of more rains for next four days, reservoirs are overflowing and the deluge is likely to increase. This tragedy has brought out most unlikely scenes, thus proving once again that humanity is…