Chintan wins Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award

Chintan, a non-government organisation working with waste pickers, was conferred the Deutsche Bank Urban Age Award, 2014, for cleaning the New Delhi railway station, a statement said Saturday.

Chintan was one of the nine shortlisted organisations among 135 in contention for the award, which was announced Friday.

"The work of Chintan at the New Delhi railway station shows how not only can urban spaces be sustainable, inclusive and embracing of the poor, but in fact, the poor, such as the waste pickers, are germane to the safeguarding of the commons and making them more usable by all," added the statement.

 

The Urban Age Award is presented to the best urban initiatives in various cities across the world. In the past, projects in Istanbul, Mexico City, Cape Town, Rio de Janerio, Sao Paulo and Mumbai have been awarded.