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Title: SMART CITY AND THE QUEST FOR INCLUSION: STUDY OF ARDH KUMBH 2019 AT PRAYAGRAJ CITY
Authors: Kumari Nidhi
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Kumari Nidhi G.B.Pant Social Science Institute, University of Allahabad
MLA 8 Nidhi, Kumari. "SMART CITY AND THE QUEST FOR INCLUSION: STUDY OF ARDH KUMBH 2019 AT PRAYAGRAJ CITY." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 6, no. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 237-246, doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i01.016. Accessed Jan. 2021. APA 6 Nidhi, K. (2021, January). SMART CITY AND THE QUEST FOR INCLUSION: STUDY OF ARDH KUMBH 2019 AT PRAYAGRAJ CITY. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 6(1), 237-246. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i01.016 Chicago Nidhi, Kumari. "SMART CITY AND THE QUEST FOR INCLUSION: STUDY OF ARDH KUMBH 2019 AT PRAYAGRAJ CITY." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 6, no. 1 (January 2021), 237-246. Accessed January, 2021. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2021.v06i01.016.
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Abstract: This paper, therefore, is an effort to understand the practical impact of technocratic urban planning over the peripheral settlements in cities by particularly focusing on the planning of Ardh Kumbh 2019 in Prayagraj city. It is an exploratory study which tries to understand the survival strategy of slum dwellers particularly the Kevat community residing in the Triveni bandh slum which is the nearest slum to the Sangam and mela region. The study explores the opportunities and challenges brought by Ardh kumbh mela 2019 to these slum dwellers in comparison to previous melas. This study adopts an ethnographic approach to meet the objective of the study by conducting in-depth interviews and participant observations. We found in this study that smart planning has an even darker aspect of class dimension. It works on the principle of “creative destruction” under which marginalized and underprivileged are the one who suffer the most.

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