Without providing toilet facilities, how can the idea of SBM be enforced?
Sanitary insights
Why this 'Transit-Oriented Debacle'?
Unreal in pampered India
Jostling for jhuggi land
The Shakur Basti eviction drive calls for a thorough review of the railways’ mandate, politics of urban land and housing ...
A landmark judgment for environmental jurisprudence
Sunil Kumar Chugh v. Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi expands the right to life of citizens ...
Slums and the story of India's housing crisis
The rate at which informal housing is being destroyed probably far exceeds the rate at which formal housing is ...
Delhi needs buses in off-peak hours too
The green tribunal had recently said that buses were a cause of environmental pollution in Delhi
Are vendors only encroachers of Delhi’s footpaths?
The authorities must consider removing illegally parked vehicles first and allot designated spaces on roads to street vendors
Politicising public mobility can decongest Delhi’s roads
The occupation of footpaths and public spaces in the capital by illegally-parked cars has put pedestrains at jeopardy
We need smart governance to make smart cities a success
The smart city scheme treats every city as a living laboratory. Indian cities are, however, not at a stage ...
India’s smart cities will need smart transport
With many Indian cities set to become larger than most countries, both in terms of GDP and population, mobility ...
Nepal earthquake: reminder for India on structural safety
It is not enough to have codes for making buildings earthquake-resistant, these have to be enforced on ground
Structural safety: preparing for the big one
Implementing seismic codes while constructing buildings will help save several lives in our earthquake-prone cities
Urban development agenda 2015
So far, smart cities have been all talks and no action. Will 2015 be any different? A quick account ...
Neither the city nor the sea will relent
As a result of climate change and uneven development, fishing communities in Chennai are caught between a seaward moving ...
If only cities can see wetlands
It is time we realised that a water body is not an ornamental luxury or a wasted land
No land to farm
With urbanisation of rural areas, space for food production in India is decreasing
Why excreta matters
Farms in cities
A case for urban agriculture in India
The link between blood pressure and suicides
Fascism on the internet
The US seizure of domain names on the web is ostensibly a crackdown on online piracy but it could ...
A bad example from the US
A public sector technology transfer bill focuses exclusively on patenting
Denial of the rural
Balding the urban landscape through shortsighted fiscal policies
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