Home truths
Buildings in India rarely follow quake codes
New housing to reuse water
Sunset over Udaisagar
The lake in Udaipur is under immense pressure and could die in the near future
Building norms bent for better ease of doing business rankings
The latest notification has eased green norms for builders to facilitate urban development
Structural collapse
The rot has set in the construction sector. A dysfunctional clearance system has led to a series of building collapses in the recent past. …
On road to recovery
Nepal has banned new constructions till it formulates a fresh building code. Emerging threat of landslides compounds its troubles
Parched capital
While Delhi struggles to make rainwater harvesting compulsory even after 13 years of amending byelaws, Chennai shows the way