<p>On completing a decade, Citizen Action Forum (CAF), a civic group in the city, has released a souvenir ‘Namma Nagara Namma Jeeva’ (Our city, our life) in the city on Saturday.</p>.<p>The group, which has relentlessly worked towards ensuring transparency and accountability in governance, celebrated its work at Century Club.</p>.<p>Delivering the key note address on the occasion, urban expert Ashwin Mahesh, said the definition of who is a better Indian has changed over the years.</p>.<p>“Earlier all those who used to work for the State or who used to appreciate its work used to be a good Indian, but there has been a transition from that phase. Now the one who actively participates in bringing transparency and accountability in governance becomes the defining factor of being a good Indian,” he said.</p>.<p>Mahesh also said that the the organisation should look at CAF 2.0 and rope in youngsters to keep the movement forward.</p>.<p>Some of the initiatives that Citizen Action Forum was involved in was maintaining the self-assessment of properties in Akrama-Sakrama scheme, ‘Vote Bangalore’ and many more.</p>.<p>Panel discussion</p>.<p>A panel discussion was also organised on water management where Sharachchandra Lele and S Vishwanath participated.</p>.<p>D S Rajashekar, president and Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy, secretary, Citizen Action Forum were also present at the ceremony. </p>
<p>On completing a decade, Citizen Action Forum (CAF), a civic group in the city, has released a souvenir ‘Namma Nagara Namma Jeeva’ (Our city, our life) in the city on Saturday.</p>.<p>The group, which has relentlessly worked towards ensuring transparency and accountability in governance, celebrated its work at Century Club.</p>.<p>Delivering the key note address on the occasion, urban expert Ashwin Mahesh, said the definition of who is a better Indian has changed over the years.</p>.<p>“Earlier all those who used to work for the State or who used to appreciate its work used to be a good Indian, but there has been a transition from that phase. Now the one who actively participates in bringing transparency and accountability in governance becomes the defining factor of being a good Indian,” he said.</p>.<p>Mahesh also said that the the organisation should look at CAF 2.0 and rope in youngsters to keep the movement forward.</p>.<p>Some of the initiatives that Citizen Action Forum was involved in was maintaining the self-assessment of properties in Akrama-Sakrama scheme, ‘Vote Bangalore’ and many more.</p>.<p>Panel discussion</p>.<p>A panel discussion was also organised on water management where Sharachchandra Lele and S Vishwanath participated.</p>.<p>D S Rajashekar, president and Mahalakshmi Parthasarathy, secretary, Citizen Action Forum were also present at the ceremony. </p>