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