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Urban Agenda | How new tech is helping plug leaks and reshaping water management

India, April 22 -- Every summer, water shortages across Indian cities are a common experience and the situation is predicted to worsen with the rise in urban population rand monsoons getting perceptib... Read More


Cities devise measures to tackle heat island effect

India, April 14 -- Urban areas tend to be warmer than rural areas due to the heat island effect - tightly spaced, tall buildings, along with roads, industries, and other infrastructure absorb solar ra... Read More


Urban agenda | The nuts and bolts of e-bus rollout in India's smaller cities

India, April 7 -- With half of India's population projected to live in cities by 2050, policy experts have been advocating increased investment in public transport for sustainable urbanisation. Curren... Read More


A case for fast-tracking "lighthouse" housing for the urban poor

India, March 24 -- Two years past its initially proposed deadline, the 1,040 flats in Lucknow built for the urban poor under a special initiative of the flagship Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) were... Read More


SVANidhi scheme proven lifeline for vendors: Modi

India, March 14 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the two new Delhi Metro corridors and handed cheques to five beneficiaries of the PM-SVANidhi scheme at a public event held... Read More


Centre okays two more Metro lines for Delhi

New Delhi, March 14 -- Two new Metro corridors for the national capital were approved on Wednesday in what may have been Prime Minister Narendra Modi's last cabinet meeting ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha... Read More


Centre okays 2 more Metro lines for Delhi

New Delhi, March 14 -- Two new Metro corridors for the national capital were approved on Wednesday in what may have been Prime Minister Narendra Modi's last cabinet meeting ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha... Read More


Union Cabinet approves two new Delhi Metro corridors

India, March 13 -- The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved two new Metro corridors for the national Capital estimated to cost Rs.8,399 crore, Union minister Anurag Thakur said. The corridors are expec... Read More


Surat, Bengaluru lead rankings of used water management: CEEW report

India, March 12 -- Surat and Bengaluru were adjudged the top two cities in the assessment of used water management, a report released by the think tank Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) ... Read More


Delhi's World Trade Centre to soon be ready for business

India, March 10 -- Over the last few weeks, metallic sheets that shielded a massive construction site at Nauroji Nagar in south Delhi for close to three years have begun to be gradually removed, slowl... Read More