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Governance

Heavy rain, dams full to the brim, yet Pune citizens have to rely on costly tanker water

September 13, 2019 Ekta Joshi

Citizens fail to understand why, even with abundant rains and a flooded city, their daily needs for water are not met and the municipal corporation has to implement water cuts in so many areas. Here’s a look at the real reasons.

Civic

City Buzz: Swine Flu peaks in Delhi | Rains lash Hyderabad | Makeover for Mumbai beaches…and more

January 29, 2019 News Desk

What’s the new plan in Kolkata to further integrate its public transport systems? How’s Mumbai making its beaches cleaner and safer? What is Operation Cobra doing in Trivandrum? A quick wrap of some important developments from our cities.

Environment

45 degrees in April, submerged in July: Smart city Bhubaneswar needs to be climate-smart

July 31, 2018 Basudev Mahapatra

As in many other cities in India, extreme weather events such as heavy rainfall and intolerable temperatures are becoming an annual event in Bhubaneswar too. One can no longer ignore the urgent need for climate-smart urban planning.

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