Dhamaal Growth

NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied

The widening nutrition gap

Difference in the nutritional status of Kerala’s general rural populace and that of Attappady could be as high as 50 per cent

UK's zero carbon house plan

COVID-19: How city densities can be managed for post-pandemic recovery

Density seems to be more of a scapegoat than the cause of increasing virus transmission at the city level

COVID-19: Here's what decentralised planning teaches us to curb pandemics

Decentralised infrastructure and services provide a range of benefits for all stakeholders

Plan that isn’t

NCR Planning Board dilutes environmental safeguards to promote towns, industries

The town farmers built

Operation cover-up

Rat poison theory offered by the Chhattisgarh government to explain the sterilisation deaths is a facade, finds an investigation by Jyotsna Singh.…

Afforestation interrupted

Environment ministry fails to use funds for afforestation, monitor forest diversions: Comptroller and Auditor General

It rained hard in Delhi; what if all that water did not go waste

The volume of rainwater generated in the past week was almost 13 per cent of the demand for water in Delhi, estimated at 2,765 million litres per …

An every monsoon affair: How to tackle urban flooding

Urbanisation is inevitable as is climate change; the need is for a multi-pronged approach

COVID-19: 4 factors to test how vulnerable slums in 4 big cities are

Govt of India thinks novel coronavirus will be a part of life. That makes it imperative to account for limitations before forming policy

Vanishing islands of Bangladesh

Frequent natural disasters continue to inundate and erode many islands in the 'climate impact hot spot'

Lavasa above law

Lavasa continues to bypass norms. But the environment ministry may give clearance to the the maiden planned hill city in India, Sakshi C Dasgupta …

Water managers remain lukewarm to use of information communication technology

For mass use, any ICT tool has to offer a familiar interface and clear value proposition

2010 World Cup revamp: squatters evicted from Jo'burg

Lavasa’s journey downhill

Rules were bent to concentrate development in the valley, lakefront

A million opportunities lost

The ruling alliance’s flagship rural employment programme took unprecedented strides in creating water conservation structures across the …

Delhi rain, waterlogging puts the spotlight on urban flooding

Urban flooding has become increasingly frequent in India’s major cities

Dharavi's real estate threat

The Maharashtra government wants to redevelop Dharavi, Mumbai's sprawling slum. But its plan has not taken into account the fact that people not …

Rare takes on the year just passing by

Being a Down To Earth reporter entails merging the personal with the professional. The magazine you so dearly own has a fascinating world hidden …

More forest diversions likely in Singrauli

Greenpeace report says pollution from coal-fired thermal plants not considered while allowing mining in coal belt

Kind to Cash

A short stop motion that shows all the schemes that a human being (woman) can avil of in her lifetime.    

Kind to cash

The government has a plan to reach welfare to the poor without wasting money. It wants to put hard cash in their hands instead of spending on …

What COVID-19 can mean for SDG-11, sustainable cities and communities in India

As urban vulnerabilities are amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of sustainable cities in Sustainable Development Goals needs to be …