This Talk in the Town features the Co founder of Mangalore Civic Group (MCG), Mr. Nigel Albuquerque who is a social and civic activist. Mr. Albuquerque formed MCG with like minded citizens in 2015 to in order to address the multiple civic problems faced by the citizens across Mangaluru. Their aim was to form Ward Committees and Area Sabhas in the true spirit of the 74th Constitutional Amendment of 1992, supplemented by the Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Amendment) Act of 2011. The Civic Group took the judicial route and were successful in establishing Ward Committees and Area Sabhas under Mangaluru City Corporation. During the conversation, he shares his journey, what happens in a ward committee meeting and how citizens can be encouraged to become a part of local governance.
