The Puducherry Local Administration Department, with the technical support of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bengaluru, organised a two-day workshop over the last weekend on ‘Principles of Placemaking and Urban Design’, for engineers and officials of 15 local bodies in the Union Territory. An official release said a core team of around 60 engineers working in Municipalities and Commune Panchayats attended the event. The engineers were involved in execution of around 600 civic infrastructure works in 15 local bodies during 2025-26. Five representative detailed project reports prepared by local body engineers, covering parks, streetscapes, crematoriums, and water bodies were taken up for detailed discussion and refinement, the release said. “The interaction among engineers from different local bodies also facilitated peer learning, exchange of field experiences and discussions to arrive at practical solutions.