Infrastructure

Drones have tremendous potential for important applications in areas like mapping, agriculture, logistics, healthcare and others. Here’s what the Draft Drone Rules 2021 say about their use.

Several studies have highlighted why public toilets could be a hotbed of COVID spread. How should these toilets be maintained, to keep our cities not only ‘swachh’, but also healthy?

No vegetables, no mutton, no LPG. Closure till March of the only surface link connecting the valley with rest of India has hit food supply and livelihoods.

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.

PMAY and Clean India Mission have built strong foundations for sustainable, inclusive housing but community engagement is crucial, say experts from UN-Habitat on the occasion of World Cities Day.

Maintenance of its British-era tunnels and creation of new ones could be effective solutions to mobility challenges in the hill town. But clearly, government priorities lie elsewhere.

The pandemic has highlighted the urgent need for safe outdoor areas for children, many of whom have experienced mental and physical health issues due to restricted socialization and activity.

The policy aims to make 25% of all new vehicles in Delhi electric, by the next four years. But it has no answers to some very critical questions that will determine its success.

With a 1976 drainage master plan and multiple agencies managing them at loggerheads, Delhi shows how not to manage the yearly monsoon mayhem.

Living on the streets with all its dangers and risks has made people like Sabita fearless about pandemics and cyclones. Few inclemencies match the storms they have battled for survival.

The advisory issued by MoHUA calls for at least three car-free market places in million plus cities, and at least one in others.

Around the world, cities are adapting and reusing transport infrastructure to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. What can we learn from them?