Open green spaces in the heart of an urban sprawl provide the much needed lung space for its citizens. Most Indian cities, however, have a long way to go before they catch up with global cities on that count, finds Navya P K.
The recent large-scale protests against a proposed steel flyover in Bengaluru has been in the news nationally. Could this large scale mobilisation of people in the cause of sustainable urban mobility be a trend-setter?
As urban wetlands increasingly fall prey to vested interests, citizen activists organise themselves to save the environment, often ‘despite’ the government rather than because of it.
The hike in fees of private schools by as much as 20 to 30% in some cases has created much discontent across India. But why is private schooling becoming so costly and what do schools have to say?
Pedestrians struggle on our city roads without safe walkways. Can there be a win-win economic model to incentivise private developers to build such public infrastructure?
