Capacity building key to mainstreaming onsite sanitation management 

CSE’s School of Water and Waste aims to establish policy principles, innovative technologies and implementation strategies for citywide …

जग बीती: गांव जाएं या शहर

पर्यावरण मुकदमों की डायरी: महाराष्ट्र में बिना पर्यावरणीय मंजूरी के बन रहे हैं घर

देश की विभिन्न अदालतों में पर्यावरण से संबंधित मामलों की सुनवाई के दौरान क्या कुछ हुआ, यहां पढ़ें-

Where will these railway track dwellers of Delhi live after eviction

Already living in filth, misery, disease and hunger, will they now be deprived of the only places they call home?

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-

As told to Parliament (September 16, 2020): No data on sanitation worker deaths amid COVID-19

All that was discussed in the House through the day  

COVID-19 rekindles concerns on Kashmir’s infrastructure, social behaviour

Earthquakes, floods, conflict and COVID-19 pandemic have underlined the suitability of existing housing infrastructure in urban areas of Kashmir

India lifted 271 mln people out of poverty in 10 yrs, claims govt report

The poverty estimates used to back the claims, however, are decade old

COVID-19 relief didn’t reach Jan Dhan a/cs of many women: Survey

At least 12,500 women Jan Dhan account holders across 13 states were surveyed; 16% reported their Jan Dhan accounts were either not operational, …

Cleaner, greener: Can architects help maintain natural correction?

Infrastructure is the backbone of any growing economy and fixing the way we build it can help address air pollution concerns 

Court orders water supply scheme for Khurpatal

Growing construction in the hill station is drying up springs downhill

COVID-19 lockdown shows why India needs social rental housing

Poor, low-income population needs rents below market rates

क्या प्रवासी मजदूरों के सैलाब को रोक सकते थे सस्ते किराए के मकान?

सोशल रेंटल हाउसिंग को लेकर भारत में बात तो कई सालों से चल रही है, लेकिन लॉकडाउन के दौरान यह स्पष्ट हो गया कि ...

India can’t have a piece-meal approach of fighting only food security or climate change

Any effective solution to mitigate climate change in India must take in to account poverty, inadequate food distribution and lack of basic shelter

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

COVID-19: What about housing for poor?

Union government’s housing scheme tragets derailed; low-income house buyers face increasingly volatile financial markets 

प्रधानमंत्री आवास योजना: क्या कागजों में बन रहे हैं घर?

प्रधानमंत्री आवास योजना (ग्रामीण) के तहत केंद्र सरकार पक्के मकान बनाने का दावा कर रही है, जमीनी पड़ताल करती एक रिपोर्ट-

How India remains poor: As many as 22 states have become poorer

Latest NITI Aayog counts no state as ‘achiever’; overall performance of most ‘performing’, ‘laggard’ states …

How 2019 was for an average Indian household and the planet

Latest Government data debunks several tall claims of the government itself; On the other hand, at least 5 reports said the world's currnt …

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। ...

What Nigerian cities can learn from the rest of the world

The rapid rate of urban population growth, fuelled by massive rural to urban migration, has overwhelmed public sector resources in the country

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

How we lost the art of manipulating microclimate

The current mass housing construction is in contrast from the traditional urban forms of the city, which had smaller shaded spaces, were more …

Union Budget 2019-20: Four observations on affordable housing

Reading between the lines of the Budget document on Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana

मोदी सरकार ने पांच साल में किसी झुग्गीवासी को नहीं दिया घर

एक बार फिर भाजपा ने अपने संकल्प पत्र में 2022 तक सबको पक्का घर देने का वादा किया है, लेकिन पिछले पांच साल के ...