With the objective of building an understanding and learning practical applications of the ‘Urban Water Body Diagnostic Tool’, a two-day technical workshop on “Management of Urban Water Bodies” was organised on 17-18 November, 2022 in New Delhi. The purpose of the training workshop was to introduce the participants from River Cities Alliance Cities as well as member nations of UNESCO New Delhi office (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, and Sri Lanka) to the tool as a means for management of water bodies in their cities.
The workshop was attended by senior officials from the River Cities Alliance (RCA) member cities from Begusarai, Behrampore, Bhubaneshwar, Bijnor, Chennai, Farrukhabad, Gwalior, Hoogly-Chinsurah, Howrah, Lucknow, Maheshtala, Mathura, Vrindavan, Moradabad, Patna, Pune, Srinagar, and Vijayawada. In addition, participants from Bhutan, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Nepal, and Sri Lanka also took part in the workshop.