India's strategic leap: 12 new industrial parks to drive sustainable urbanisation & manufacturing growthIndia's push for manufacturing-led urbanisation aims to boost economic growth and living standards. The government has approved 12 new indu...
06 Sep, 2024, 11.58 AM IST
Bengaluru's dry run is a national crisisIndian cities, including Bengaluru, are facing grave water risk due to poor water management, water-illiterate residents, contaminated supp...
10 Mar, 2024, 11.14 PM IST
Over half of buildings in Delhi built in unplanned manner: LG VK SaxenaMore than half of the buildings in Delhi have been built in an unplanned manner exposing the city to the threat of disasters like earthquak...
28 Mar, 2023, 08.13 PM IST
Unplanned growth behind flooding woes, correcting 'legacy issue' with smart city plan: Prakash JavadekarAccording to official data, nearly 1,900 people lost their lives and another 46 were reported missing this monsoon season in rains and floo...
08 Oct, 2019, 12.46 PM IST
Unplanned urbanisation poses serious development challenges: India to UNFirst Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Paulomi Tripathi said at the 51st Session Commission on Population and Development t...
11 Apr, 2018, 11.34 AM IST
Water crisis: Bengaluru might head Cape Town wayAccording to a statement issued by CSE ahead of World Water Day, the water table in Bengaluru has shrunk from 10-12 m to 76-91 m in just tw...
21 Mar, 2018, 07.31 PM IST
Good governance key to ensure urban development benefits all: Venkaiah NaiduMinisters and officials from 68 countries of Asia Pacific region are participating in the three-day 'Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference on...
14 Dec, 2016, 08.14 PM IST
India has most urban-dwellers without sanitation: ReportWaterAid's Director of Programmes & Policy, Avinash Kumar, said India's rapid and unplanned urbanisation has resulted in various developmen...
18 Nov, 2016, 09.39 AM IST
Look into suggestions on wetland to halt deluge: Madras High Court to Tamil Nadu governmentThe bench, referring to a full court judgement on the issue, in its order said what was classified as a water body area cannot be converted...
07 Sep, 2016, 02.41 AM IST
Delhi’s Kite Runner: An amateur curiosity that explains effects of unplanned urbanisationAs a child growing up in Siwan, Bihar, Nishant Kumar couldn’t have missed all those birds around him even if he tried.
31 Aug, 2016, 02.54 PM IST
North Bengal reels under flood scareA fear of isolation has gripped large swathes of land in districts like Coochbehar, Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling with the water level in river...
05 Jul, 2016, 10.21 AM IST
Construction sector faces policy risks due to pollution: StudyWith fast deteriorating air quality in big cities leading to tougher regulatory norms, the construction industry, along with the automobile...
29 Dec, 2015, 08.28 PM IST
Urban flooding: Why every Metro is vulnerable to disastersIt wasn’t just nature that was unkind to Chennai, human neglect also sank the city. But there are lessons to be learnt so that nature’s fur...
05 Dec, 2015, 01.15 AM IST
Parliamentary panel to hear stakeholders' views on Taj Mahal's discolourationIt said that Taj is changing colour due to deposition of dust and carbon containing particles emitted in the burning of fossil fuels, bioma...
09 Jan, 2015, 11.25 PM IST
'Unprecedented rains, unplanned urbanisation behind Jammu and Kashmir floods'Unprecedented rainfall, unplanned urbanisation and lack of preparedness are the basic reasons behind the floods which have devastated Jammu...
10 Sep, 2014, 06.14 PM IST
Government looking at transit oriented development optionUrban Development minister Kamal Nath today said government was looking at Transit Oriented Development as an option.
08 Oct, 2012, 02.42 PM IST
- Urban in name, a burden to bear
Maharashtra may be the most urbanised state in India, but ironically, it lacks an urban development policy.
17 Dec, 2007, 12.01 AM IST