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Kiran Uppar is a passionate social activist, architect, and town planner dedicated to transforming Hubli-Dharwad into a cleaner, smarter, and more sustainable city. Deeply inspired by his education in the United Kingdom, where he pursued a Master’s in Town Planning from Anglia Ruskin University, Kiran returned home determined to modernize his hometown’s infrastructure, administration and civic awareness. Over the years, Kiran has been associated with several community-driven activities aimed at promoting civic responsibility, environmental consciousness and youth engagement.

He has contributed to initiatives such as the Hubballi Marathon, Hasiru Hubballi Greenathon, the Plastic-Free Hubli–Dharwad campaign, the Kannada Club at B.V.B. College and the Colour My City Foundation. These efforts have involved organizing clean-ups, beautification drives, awareness programs and public participation events that encourage citizens—especially young people—to take ownership of their surroundings. Through these initiatives, he continues to support the idea that positive change begins at the grassroots level and grows when communities work together.

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'Color My City' enhances the beauty of Hubballi: Service provided by a team of youth at their own expense for 10 years

By ETV Bharat Karnataka Team Published : January 3, 2026 at 1:50 PM IST For the past 10 years, a group of young people have quietly continued to enhance the beauty of the city, spending their own money without any financial assistance. Report - H.B. Gadda Hubballi: The commercial city of Hubballi is growing day by day. There is an increase in the number of people coming to the city for business and other work. Along with this, the filth, uncleanliness, and worn-out walls hav

Jan 63 min read

‘Colour My City’ to restore defaced walls

The compound walls in Hubballi and Dharwad tell us a filthy tale of defacing them with posters and writings. For years, they have remained neglected and several plans for beautifying the city walls by the administration are biting the dust. But here is some change. They may soon wear beautiful look and have paintings on them. The ‘Colour My City’, an online group of citizens of Hubballi, has now taken the initiative to restore the public and private walls. By Amit S. Upadhye,

Dec 9, 20252 min read

Initiative to make twin cities beautiful and clean

Hubballi: Professional and amateur artists of the twin cities will take part in 'Colour My City', a street painting event, on October 2 to mark Gandhi Jayanti . Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation, Lions Club, Rotary Club, Karnataka Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Round Table and other organizations will take part on the event aimed at making the city cleaner, colourful and artistic. Kiran Uppar, architect, told reporters on Tuesday that the event is an effort to showcas

Dec 9, 20251 min read

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