City: Hyderabad

Hyderabad pavements tell you why a third of its accident victims are pedestrians

November 19, 2020 Kolla Krishna Madhavi

In most places, hawkers and shops have taken over the footpaths; besides, different departments dig them up for installing electric poles, transmission lines and transformers.

Hyderabad floods: Who bears the brunt of a golf course on a lake bed?

November 4, 2020 Mimansa Sidhnath

Real scenes and anecdotes from Nadeem Colony reveal the impact of urban floods on the lives of ordinary people. Ironically, many of them knowingly or unknowingly, have a part to play.

Hyderabad: Nature has no fury as the environment scorned

October 23, 2020 Kolla Krishna Madhavi

Construction over lake beds, blocking of stormwater drains have aggravated flooding in the city. Not much has changed over the last 20 years in terms of its preparedness to mitigate extreme climate events.

City Buzz: Hyderabad floods | COVID-19 vaccine in a few months | The top biomedical waste generator….and more

October 17, 2020 News Desk

A recap of important urban updates across the country over the past week

Making waste pickers’ lives better: An experience from Hyderabad

September 14, 2020 Laxmi Vadapalli

A project aimed at providing alternative occupations for waste pickers in an industrial estate in Hyderabad holds important lessons. What would really make their lives better?

Which are the most dangerous roads for pedestrians in Hyderabad?

September 7, 2020 Varun Shridhar and Anusha Chitturi

Summary findings from The Footpath Initiative project, that analysed accident data in Hyderabad to understand the details of road crashes leading to pedestrian deaths in the city.

City Buzz: Human trials for COVAXIN | Hyd gets India’s first contactless parking | Obese patients in focus in Gurugram…and more

July 20, 2020 News Desk

Cities and citizens continue to focus on devising responses and strategies to battle and defeat the COVID pandemic. Some recent updates on key urban developments on that front

City Buzz: Delhi fights to contain COVID-19 | Locust swarms enter Gurugram | Water scarcity looms over Mumbai… and more

June 28, 2020 News Desk

COVID-19 and other urban highlights from NCR, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Delhi.

COVID-19: Will state measures be enough to help Hyderabad contain the spread?

April 7, 2020 Kolla Krishna Madhavi

Telangana is one of the few states to have announced a slew of relief measures targeted at health support as well as social security, but what about containment of the virus? Though exact numbers are not known, some patients who have succumbed to the virus had attended the Tablighi event in Delhi.

Enforcing the ‘right to walk’ in Indian cities

February 29, 2020 Rishabh Shrivastava

Despite countless reports underlining the threats faced by pedestrians on Indian roads and the high number of casualties, Indian cities have failed to provide safe and secure walking spaces to pedestrians. What does the law say on the ‘right to walk’?

Fatal accidents on Hyderabad’s Biodiversity Park flyover raise questions over its design

February 13, 2020 Kolla Krishna Madhavi

Hyderabad’s first second-level flyover, inaugurated with much fanfare, had to be closed down following two grave accidents, causing three deaths and several injuries. Increasingly, fingers are being pointed at glaring design issues, especially its dangerous curves and inclines.