Devika Panse

Sustainable Cooling @SEforAllorg Ex- @WorldBank ; Ex- @theEIU ; Kathak dancer & performer. All views are personal

[Devika Panse @devikaspanse]

I spoke with @bevvo14 of ABC News regarding the impact of India’s second wave of Covid-19 on its outsourcing industry, and how international companies with operations in India are supporting their staff.
@TheEIU @abcnews

Find the full interview here- https://t.co/Qagh1RP7NQ

[ABC News @abcnews]

Some of the world's largest companies have outsourced significant parts of their operations to India. But Devika Panse from @TheEIU tells @bevvo14 even the country's latest coronavirus wave isn't likely to impact long-term plans to keep outsourcing to India... #TheWorld

[Devika Panse @devikaspanse]

Living this absolute nightmare. Extreme heat is killing more people every year.

[Rituparna Chatterjee @MasalaBai]

I don't think people elsewhere fully grasp what's happening in NCR and just how hot it is. At 7am, the tap water is boiling hot. The sun hurts the eye. There's no night time anymore. For 24 hours the temperature feels above 40C. Which means during night the water is as hot

[Dr. Pramod Sawant @DrPramodPSawant]

LIVE : India Climate and Development Partner’s Meet https://t.co/aR9AxoZW45

[Mehul Jain @MehulJain]

Through the Goa Blended Finance Facility, we will be working with the @GovtofGoa to build capacity,drive investment in resilient infrastructure, create jobs & orient the local economy around resilient livelihoods: @JenniferJSara1 @WBG_Climate @WorldBankIndia #ClimatePartnersMeet

[DPIIT India @DPIITGoI]

DPIIT in collaboration with World Bank, BEE and MoEF&CC held a consultation workshop on “Alleviating Heat Stress by Enhancing Production of Affordable Cooling Devices” at Vanijya Bhawan under the chairmanship of Shri Rajesh Kumar, Secretary, DPIIT.

[Devika Panse @devikaspanse]

Pune DESPERATELY needs good administration. Yes, the problems are complex and don’t have easy solutions. But it DESERVES good governance and someone willing to take the challenge for the betterment of the city.

[Devika Panse @devikaspanse]

Pune stands out in India's recent history as a striking example where development was blatantly neglected, with no one championing the cause or the interests of its rapidly growing population.

[ameet singh @ameetgsingh]

Dear Shri @nitin_gadkari ji.

I have tremendous regard for your acumen and capabilities.

Allow me on behalf of all thinking Punekars to politely decline your Diwali gift of 35000 crores.

What Pune needs is pothole free, zero defect roads within the municipal corporation limits.

Pune needs all its roads built to world class standards along with a fleet of 8000 mini buses, electric, WiFi enabled alongwith charging points which can decongest the road routes & provide as feeders to the metro route.

Pune needs cycle tracks, footpaths & pedestrian only zones.

Pune needs zero sewage, zero garbage & zero air pollution goals along with roadmaps to get there.

Pune does not need your exercises in failure like the chandni chowk or these triple plans.

A vibrant city like pune is not a highway project and neither is it a back of the beyond desert circumstance.

Pune is a beautiful, resource rich, gifted, water plentiful place.
We are tired of your corrupt decadent triple engine sarkar which delivers precious little anyways.

When we aren’t contending with the bottlenecks your experiments in highway building have gifted us. We are worried about accidents that Navle bridge alignments have brought upon us. The lost lives on katraj kondhwa road and for that matter the holes that have magically appeared on the chandni chowk flyover. The rampant chopping of trees and the force fitting of your road models which only have served in raising average temperatures and visited countless natural disasters upon state after state.

Are you insensitive to all of the above ?

If not, Dear Sir, you’re kindly advised to take wise counsel. Appoint your team of engineers along with the help of our homegrown faculty at COEP to research what the best possible methods to interconnect roads and make them uniform carriage-width are.

Those 35000 crore would be better spent at studying Pune’s road network substantively. We could use google data, math and algorithms to devise better traffic flows. That money can be better put to work acquiring the necessary lands and buildings to make Pune roads interconnected and free of all bottlenecks.

Our Roads can be surrounded by trees, lawns, landscaping & made world class.

The guidelines for making this happen already exist with the Indian road congress or IRC. Experts from there consult you regularly.

Can you help or is this only about pouring more concrete and contracting.

Pune requests you to leave us a legacy of a beautiful city. Not a concrete desert.

@KhswaPune @WagholiHSA
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Image : Sinhagad Road 1990’s

[Devika Panse @devikaspanse]

It pains and frustrates me pan each time to see NOT ONE good road, NOT ONE good footpath, not to mention the utterly unpleasant experience of driving or using public transport. (Among many other issues)

[Devika Panse @devikaspanse]

Perhaps because the privileged (like me) are sleeping comfortably running their ACs all night.

Made me stop my rant right there. No one should have to live like this.

The impacts of extreme heat will pinch harder every year.
#heatstress

[Devika Panse @devikaspanse]

Half a day with a broken AC in the NCR heat and I’m suddenly unproductive, can’t think straight.

My help tells me she can’t sleep all night due to constant power cuts….

[World Bank India @WorldBankIndia]

World Bank India, in partnership with the Kerala government, is organizing a Partners’ Meet to discuss the vital need to invest in climate-related policies, infrastructure, and services and foster cross-learning on #ClimateAction.
🔗Read more: https://t.co/17YEwPkMrw

[World Bank India @WorldBankIndia]

India’s projected demand for cooling will rise 15-20% annually. By 2037, it is likely to be 8 times more than current levels. A new World Bank report offers a roadmap to manage India’s demand for cooling.

Read our new Report: https://t.co/qmmu1S7Bh0

[World Bank India @WorldBankIndia]

A new World Bank report finds that as temperatures steadily rise in India due to #ClimateChange, using more efficient methods for cooling can create a $1.6 tn investment opportunity in India, reduce greenhouse gas emissions & create nearly 3.7 mn jobs.
🔗https://t.co/qmmu1S7Bh0

[World Bank Group Climate and Environment @WBG_ClimateEnv]

Climate co-benefits in action: Find out how the @WorldBank is helping 3.4 million people adapt to a changing climate in #Nigeria. https://t.co/dh6MktcS96 #ClimateActionWBG

[TERI @teriin]

Speaking on thermal comforts in affordable housing @JohnARoome, Regional Director, Sustainable Development, @WorldBankSAsia emphasized the need for accelerating the implementation of #thermalcomfort measures that offer better #jobs, #productivity, & higher #income

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