City: Hyderabad

The local bar is where they are often to be found, relieving the stress of their inhuman toil — India’s sewer workers, who do the unclean work that a ‘swachh’ India relies on. This World Toilet Day, we bring you some of their stories from Hyderabad.

Groundwater, drawn at rapid rates from peri-urban areas of Hyderabad is now turning into a commodity, controlled and distributed at a premium by a few, to meet the needs of the city. Recent research reveals the alarming consequences of such trends.

Traffic in Hyderabad is going from bad to worse, everyday, particularly in the Hitech City-Financial District area, where traffic speeds on a regular day often fall to 12-15 km/hour! Here’s an option that could help ease the situation effectively.

The city’s largest infrastructure project ever, Hyderabad Metro was expected to carry about 17 lakh passengers per day by 2017. But with only two partly operational lines, slow expansion and poor last mile connectivity, the targets appear elusive and raise many questions about the project itself.

Once upon a time, Kudi Kunta lake was a drinking water source – how did it get to be a stinking cesspool?

“India has gone for parliamentary elections 16 times thus far, yet we have not moved ahead from inking our fingers and registering our thumbprint or sign, all of which are prone to corruption,” writes an angry voter who found her name inexplicably deleted from the rolls. Here is her account of what followed, and what she has concluded from the experience.

With the support of the AIMIM, can TRS dethrone the BJP and the INC to pull off a victory in Secunderabad? Here is a quick look at all the candidates contesting from the seat in these elections.

As Hyderabad prepares to vote in the very first phase of the Lok Sabha elections starting April 11th, a comprehensive look at the candidate choices before voters, and the issues that are on top of people’s minds.

Secunderabad MP Bandaru Dattatreya has an impressive record in terms of attendance and MPLAD fund utilisation. Here is the detailed report card on his performance as an MP.

2019 will mark 10 years since the flyover project at Mangalore’s Mahaveer Circle was started under the National Highways Development Project. After countless missed deadlines, failed promises and futile dharnas, citizens have now taken to social media and other creative ways to vent their frustration.

Did you know that Mumbai local trains carry close to 8 million passengers a day? And Kolkata’s is the largest suburban railway network in India by track length and number of stations. The only way Bengaluru can get a suburban rail network comparable to these cities is through more funds, focus and administration.

A young professional shifts from Gurgaon to Hyderabad and is pleasantly surprised by how her commute has changed. Her personal account raises important questions about how our cities view issues of mobility.