Rajkot clueless about restoring bus service

Failed experiment of providing public transport through private partners raises questions about such ventures

Tuesdays are pedestrian's day out in Bhutan

Central Thimpu becomes pedestrian zone on World Environment Day

Ten dead, six injured in Mumbai building collapse

Yet another building collapses amid allegations of illegal modifications; number still trapped unknown

CRPF for garbage trucks?

Kerala High Court suggests CRPF protection for garbage trucks dumping Thiruvanthapuram's waste in village

Mumbai revives sea transport plan for daily commuters

Proposal to ferry commuters from Nariman Point to Borivali could not take off despite tenders being issued twice in the past

Kolkata revokes earlier order, restricts cycling ban to 62 roads

On some roads in the ban list, restriction on cyclists will be only during day time

Buriganga chokes on pollutants

Political will and community participation is needed to revive the dying river that gave life to Dhaka

Bokaro's displaced still await compensation

Residents of most villages whose land was acquired for the Bokaro steel plant have no jobs or means of living. Those who were compensated are …

Addicted to groundwater

High Court order fails to wean Gurgaon off illegal wells

RTI uncovers environment ministry flip-flop on Mulund-Thane SEZ

Officials obliged developer and reclassified coastal land to allow project

MoEF failed to protect environment: Public Accounts Committee

Forest cover of India is just 21 per cent against the target of 33 per cent set by Planning Commission for 2012

Los Angeles mayor launches city’s first-ever sustainable plan

The plan was released in the context of an expected population growth of 500,000 people in the city over the next two decades

Three Indian cities among this year’s Earth Hour challenge finalists

The 2015 National Earth Hour Capital Awards will be presented in Seoul, South Korea, on April 9

Japan bets big on fuel cell; US runs high on electric cars

Japan aims to create 100 hydrogen fuel stations by March 2016

Maharashtra’s largest thermal power plant spewing poison over Chandrapur

Pollution control board does nothing except take bank guarantees from plant management

Dangers of letting cars dictate city design

If any other cause was responsible for so many deaths and injuries as we see on our roads it would have been a state of emergency

Nagpur to fully privatise water supply from November 15

Consumer organisations demand public hearing

Life post Fukushima

It is one year since the great eastern Japan earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster ravaged Japan. How is the country coping?  …

Kolkata among world's most flood-prone coastal cities: study

Its growing population and exposure to storms make it vulnerable

Navi Mumbai airport: Farmers divided over compensation package

Residents of six villages say their leaders betrayed them

Use public sector lands for Make in India-like businesses, suggests Economic Survey

It also recommends the use of public lands for start-ups and industrial clusters

How Uber opens cities only to close them

Uber is just another intermediary capitalist that profits from the needs of typically urban people

CSE Clean City Award: Mysuru is one of the best solid waste managers in India

Mysuru boasts of door-to-door garbage-collection, segregation and recycling, making it one of the best managers of municipal solid waste. In 2016,…

CSE Clean City Awards: Panaji's five-way segregation keeps the city clean

Panaji has five-way segregation at source for solid waste. For markets and residential colonies, it has put in place decentralised composting …

Don't quit at Quito: Follow the health pulse of the New Urban Agenda

The new report, 'Health as the pulse of new urban agenda', released by the WHO in Quito, has outlined the guiding health principles that should …