Ten dead, six injured in Mumbai building collapse

Yet another building collapses amid allegations of illegal modifications; number still trapped unknown

Fruits of afforestation

Adivasis in southern Madhya Pradesh see salvation from malnutrition in a drive to plant fruit trees

Owning the road

Cities without cars, pollution and traffic. A movement is spreading across Europe to drive cars out. People are beginning to say no to cars

Come out and claim the road

Megaprojects in Addis Ababa raise questions about spatial justice

A unique characteristic of Addis Ababa’s urban development is that successive Ethiopian regimes have used new urban projects as …

Walking or cycling to work reduces health risks in India

Study makes case for investment in public transport, pedestrian and cycling routes

'Chhattisgarh's PPP model for diagnostic services flawed'

Team of experts deputed by Centre says state's plan could lead to denial of services to poor patients and filing of false claims

Desecration of nature responsible for COVID-19: Manipur High Court

The court was listening to a PIL when it made the statement  

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