Lavasa: Dream for one, nightmare for many
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava finds how people affected by Lavasa are coping with the destruction it has caused
Lives of others
Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …
Job half done
25 per cent funds allocated to national rural employment scheme remain unspent
Environment ministry favours tiger safari in buffer zones
Says will help in conservation efforts
Sops for devil’s engines
Will future cities be friendly?
Urbanisation is not just about infrastructure but also social cohesion
City on trial
Chandigarh resists luxury residential project but fails to rehabilitate its slum population to preserve its master plan
Rs 13,000 crore to be spent on green India mission in next 5 years
Parliamentary Committee on Estimates pulls up Centre for failing to increase forest cover in the country
Just like a forest
Analog forestry mimics a forest to create an economically productive and ecologically diverse landscape
Cleansing chronicle
THE SANITARY CITY: URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE FROM COLONIAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT·Martin V Melosi·John Hopkins University Press·Year&…
This is what Lavasa looks like
101 suicides in two months; is Marathwada the new Vidarbha?
Most suicides among orchard farmers, say observers
Delhi’s dream of clean air goes up in smoke
One more goes down
COVID-19 exposes fault lines in peri-urban areas
Lack of sanitation awareness prevails at a greater extent here; it is unclear how COVID-19-centric awareness campaigns will influence behavioral …
Bringing order to streets
Centre legalises street vending and gives the profession its due respect. But accommodating vendors is a challenge
Clear as air
The grim picture of a lung scarred by pollution is of no shock value today. An ailing populace continues to throw up a phlegm of protests. To …
How smart is a smart city?
Spring of discontent
Mining in Odisha’s Khandadhar hills will dry out perennial water bodies
Hindustan motors
Can India ever have car-free centres?
Wanted: An urban equivalent of MGNREGA
Such a programme is the need of the hour not only as a measure to revive the urban economy now, but also to mitigate any further shocks to …
More dreams sans cars
From a loose concept to a concrete movement, the idea of the car-free city has evolved gradually
Lavasa exposed
By its looks, the place could be mistaken for Portofino, a fishing village-cum-resort in Italy—multi-coloured buildings crowd a waterfront …
Come out and claim the road
Himalayan plunder: Hydroelectric plans in Arunachal will effect downstream Assam too
Arunachal Pradesh is highly susceptible to landslides; debris flowing downstream will change river behaviour, fear experts