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Governance

City administration, infrastructure, urban resilience, citizen participation and urban planning.

Delhi's Connaught Place
Governance

Delhi’s smart city plans ignore the urban poor, focus only on elite areas

August 15, 2022 Khushwant Singh and Vikas Kumar

The lives of Delhi’s urban poor have not improved in any way from the 86 out of 106 smart city projects that have been executed.

Ropda Talav slum, Ahmedabad
Governance

Ahmedabad: Bulldozers flattening slum colonies are the new face of urban renewal

August 10, 2022 Bhargav Oza

Residents say recent slum demolitions by bulldozers violated all due processes and belied assurances from city authorities.

A man sitting by the shore in Mumbai's Versova. Mumbai is a city highly vulnerable to climate change-induced sea level rise.
Governance

Editorial: When symbols rule the roost, what hope could our cities have?

August 5, 2022 T R Gopalakrishnan

Unemployment, climate change, civic issues — our woes are many and multifarious. But do governments ever talk about the things that matter?

Protests in Delhi against Agnipath scheme
Governance

Agnipath: Quality, not quantity, is what defence forces want in new Agniveer recruits

July 1, 2022 Vikas Kumar and Khushwant Singh

Protests by army aspirants continue despite promises of cash, upskilling and job reservations for Agniveer recruits demobilised after four years.

The file picture shows an under-construction real estate project in New Town, Kolkata
Governance

Five years of RERA: What does the data show?

June 4, 2022 Tsomo Wangchuk and Herry Gulabani

Data from the MoHUA website that shows projects registered under RERA in various states, complaints resolved and gaps in the tracking system.

Delhi CM Kejriwal meets with officials
Governance

Delhi Municipal Corporation: Why three failed to do better than one

April 8, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna

On one point, the latest amendment unifying the Delhi Municipal Corporation seems right. Numbers confirm that the divisions had been uneven.

Headquarters of Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Governance

And then there was one: The convoluted journey of the Delhi municipal corporation

April 5, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna

The first Municipal Corporation of Delhi was formed in 1957. Trifurcated in 2012, it is now again set to be one monolithic Delhi Municipal Corporation.

Citizens protest at Khajaguda Hills on February 5, 2022
Governance

At Hyderabad’s Khajaguda Hills, citizens fight to save crucial urban commons

April 4, 2022 Aditya Singh

The Khajaguda Hills are rich in biodiversity and home to several unique species. Today, the heritage area stands threatened by a proposed 100-feet road.

Dehradun waste management
Governance

Dehradun ranks poorly in every urban parameter survey

March 5, 2022 Anoop Nautiyal

Dehradun fares poorly in all the rankings and indexes done in recent years and little is being done to improve its state.

Mumbai skyline
Governance

Opinion: Budget 2022 paves the way for corporatisation of urban development

February 16, 2022 Tikender Panwar

The only positive in the Budget 2022 speech was the acceptance that the current model of urban development is not sustainable.

Flooding in Dehradun
Governance

Opinion: A 10-point development agenda for a rapidly urbanising Uttarakhand 

February 13, 2022 Anoop Nautiyal

Uttarakhand’s elected public representatives need to realise the pace of urbanization and prepare for the emerging challenges.

Kaushambi in Ghaziabad UP assembly constiduency
Governance

In poll-bound Ghaziabad, no candidate mentions health or pollution, the real pain points

February 9, 2022 Vijaya Pushkarna

Ghaziabad generally bags the top slot among the country’s most polluted towns. Yet no candidate has even mentioned the issue.

Voters queuing up to cast their votes with their EPIC in hand (File Pic)
Governance

Explainer: Should we worry about linking Aadhaar and our voter ID?

February 1, 2022 Rishabh Shrivastava

Critics say that linking of Aadhaar and voter ID raises serious questions over constitutional principles, right to privacy and citizenship.

Bangalore's potholed roads
Governance

Explainer: When can you sue your municipal body for accidents due to potholes?

January 17, 2022 Utkarsha Srivastava

Potholes imply negligence and lack of maintenance by the concerned authorities. Can the victim of a pothole accident then claim compensation?

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal chairs a meeting
Governance

Will the mention of ‘Mukhya Mantri’ scuttle doorstep delivery of rations in Delhi?

December 20, 2021 Vijaya Pushkarna

Doorstep delivery of rations in Delhi was a key part of AAP’s 2020 election manifesto, expected to halt theft of rations and ensure timely delivery.

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