The curious case of panchayats in Delhi

The Nagar Swaraj Bill will usher in decentralised governance in the city state, but what happened to rural panchayats?

Private project in public park

Residents of Vadodara protest construction of a multimedia laser fountain in a heritage park

Stench in my backyard

As Kerala cities dump their waste in the countryside, people in the villages hit back. An unresolved civic problem of decades compounded by …

When lakes were tanks

Bengaluru's lakes were actually tanks created in the absence of a big river

Signal, interrupted

By allowing high-rises around an advanced weather radar in Mumbai, IMD sets a bad example for the rest of the country

Ugly is the new beautiful

A group of anonymous citizens in Bengaluru is cleaning filthy streets and inspiring change across India

Parched capital

While Delhi struggles to make rainwater harvesting compulsory even after 13 years of amending byelaws, Chennai shows the way

Wasted wealth

Organic composting is filthy business. Facilities flout norms, produce poor quality manure

One river, two origins

Industrialists are trying to push the origin of the Nag river downstream to capture its upper stretch for real estate business

Drowning in its own rubbish

For Thiruvananthapuram, the only way to manage waste is by flouting rules

Bhagalpur may commission a waste-to-energy plant

Activists say similar plants elsewhere in the country are lying defunct

Why Shimla failed to impose green tax

Stringent monetary terms and condition may have been a disincentive for potential bidders

Pigs tested positive for JE may not be from MP, say officials

Say the city is not disease endemic

Pigs in Delhi found carrying Japanese encephalitis virus

Seven people have tested positive for the disease since September

Nagpur municipality notice to women corporators: keep interfering husbands at bay

These men have been attending meetings and issuing instructions in place of their wives

High court halts seizure of Ganesha idols by Nagpur civic agency

Municipal corporation rapped for delaying ban on plaster of Paris idols that pollute the city's water bodies

20 years down the line what ails the urban local bodies

Lack of money, capacity and states' unwillingness to cede power

Nagpur municipality proposes action against private water supplier

Orange City Water Limited fails to supply 24X7 clean water; people demand cancellation of contract

High Court allows sale of PoP Ganesh idols in Nagpur

They are to be immersed only in artificial tanks

Agartala to be first LED-illuminated city in northeastern India

Switch to LED-based street lighting is expected to save city corporation at least Rs 2 crore

Hauz Khas village restaurants under scanner for spewing untreated sewage

Eight out of 34 restaurants in the area have been operating without any clearance

BIS finalises street food norms

Standard to ensure vendors follow hygienic practices and serve food safe for health

Court questions sealing relief law

Delhi to explain how the law is relevant to the Capital’s planned development

Bombay HC halts construction by Hiranandani Developers in Powai

Asks it to provide flats for economically weaker section of the society first

East Kolkata most vulnerable to climate change: World Bank

Study predicts loss of Rs 10,800 crore in the city by 2050 because of a one-in-100-years flood coupled with climate change impacts