Access to drinking water, power has improved in slum areas, says slum census report

63.5 per cent slum dwellers in Indian cities have mobile phone connections, but only 19 per cent have toilets

मलबे के ढेर में दबता देश-2: दलदली भूमि पर किया जा रहा है डंप

देशभर में नई इमारतों के निर्माण और तोड़फोड़ से निकले मलबे का ढेर बढ़ता जा रहा है। इससे निपटने के पर्याप्त इंतजाम नहीं हैं। ...

China bans bicycles, while USA goes back to mud houses

Divine dwellings

An organisation set up by priests provides inexpensive bamboo houses to people living in slums and on the streets

Structured response?

The Bulldozer in the Countryside

Imagine an assembly line construction of 17,000 homes on 3,500 acres of land costing US $135 million. Just on the borders of expanding cities. …

Coal mining grounded

Built to last

A Rajasthan village has cylindrical houses that help people cope with extreme weather events

Stumbling blocks

The Gujarat earthquake struck at the very foundation of urban India. The disaster highlighted the haphazard manner in which the country's towns …

संसद में आज: देश में 37439 गांवों में 3 जी, 4 जी मोबाइल इंटरनेट कवरेज नहीं

2018-19 में 25.5 फीसदी ग्रामीण महिलाओं को रोजगार मिला

The importance of good-neighbourliness

Blow for mud builders

CONTROVERSIAL CONSTRUCTION

संसद में आज: कोरोना से कितने सफाई कर्मचारियों की मौत हुई, केंद्र के पास नहीं हैं आंकड़े

16 सितंबर 2020 देश की संसद के दोनों सदनों में खास मामलों पर क्या हुआ, यहां पढ़ें-

Cyclone in Bangladesh

Fix housing and you’ll reduce risks of coronavirus and other disease in remote Indigenous communities

Indigenous Australians living on remote country urgently need additional and functional housing

Takeaways from President Pranab Mukherjee's opening speech during budget session

In his speech, the President gave emphasis on financial inclusion, development schemes and women power

New agenda for Africa’s sustainable urbanisation to be adopted at UN meet in Quito

Weak planning of urbanisation is resulting in lost opportunities for growth and transformation for Africa

Government’s new housing scheme for urban poor leaves vital questions unanswered

According to an unofficial estimate, there is a shortage of more than 40 million dwelling units, with the demand growing at 10 per cent per annum

Building up a dangerous trend

Last October's earthquake destroyed 20 per cent of Uttarkashi's houses. When the rubble had settled, it was found that the older, traditional …

FEMA admits high formaldehyde levels in travel trailers

UTTARKASHI

Houses that hold on

Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya's urban poor

Poverty and stress is prevalent in Kenya’s low-income settings which increases the behavioural risk factors for cardiovascular diseases

High on skyscrapers

Book>> Triumph of the city: How our greatest invention makes us richer, smarter, greener, healthier, and happier • by Edward Glaeser &…

Increased funding for bamboo project

China's stupendous success in exploiting bamboo for economic gains appears to have prompted India to follow suit. The heightened interest in this …