Download - MONITORING THE ENFORCEMENT OF COURT ORDERS ON RTE MAY 26, 2015 TRANSPARENT CITIES NETWORK, CAG
M O N I T O R I N G T H E E N F O RC E M E N T O F C O U RT O R D E R S O N RT EMAY 26 , 2015
TRA N S PA R EN T C I T I ES N ET W OR K , C AG
M A P S : U S E F U L V I S U A L I S AT I O N T O O L S
Source: Transparent Chennai
OUTDAT ED , I N C OM P LET E , P L A I N W R ON G !
Government Data
Source: Transparent Chennai
H O M E L E S S N E S S : A N E X A M P L E
• A Supreme Court case forced cities to take action on homeless shelters
• But lack of spatial understanding on the distribution of the homeless, and inadequacy of homeless shelters in the city.
• Community groups and NGOs expressed a need for maps and data to buttress their case
Source: Transparent Chennai
LO C AT I O N O F H O M E L E S S C LU S T E R S I N C H E N N A I
H O M E L E S S N E S S : A N E X A M P L E
Source: Transparent Chennai
T H E H O M E L E S S M A P P E D AG A I N S T T H E LO C AT I O N O F H O M E L E S S S H E LT E R S
H O M E L E S S N E S S : A N E X A M P L E
Source: Transparent Chennai
These maps served as a preliminary step towards planning locations of homeless
shelters in Chennai city and an enumeration of the homeless
T O O L S F O R DATA C O L L E C T I O N
PA P E R B A S E D S U RV E Y
M O B I L E B A S E D S U RV E Y
G P S B AS E D DATA: LO W T E C H N O LO GY
PA P E R M A P P I N G
R E S U LT O F OV E R L AY I N G
PA PE R MA PP ING :
E N D R E S U LT: A H E AT M AP
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A P P L I C AT I O N T O RT E
E N F O RC E M E N T O F O R D E R S
• Special orders v. general orders
• Breaking down court directions into measurable parameters
• Take into account:
• Who is collecting the data: school review committee, parents, CBOs/CSOs?
• What are the resources available: manpower, budget, etc.
• Time frame: one month or six months? one time or continuous?
• Who is processing the data: expertise available?
O T H E R A P PL I C AT I ON S
• RTE requirement of 25% seats: map all the schools and publish maps with the 5 km radius marked out in that area along with details for admissions procedures
• A civil society led reporting mechanism such as ipaidabribe.com (Janaagraha, Bangalore)
• An education data portal that report school data on attendance, enrolment, infrastructure, etc.
• Yours?
T H A N K YO U !
