Bringing order to streets

Centre legalises street vending and gives the profession its due respect. But accommodating vendors is a challenge

Reflections on glass

Use of glass in construction has become a fad. But it is not the right choice for Indian climate

Deep waters

Puducherry's plans for a new port have prompted unprecedented protests. Allegations of a huge land grab facilitated by procedural violations and …

Goa must grow...but how?

On January 26, 2007, the government of Goa withdrew its newest blueprint for the development of the state, called the Regional Plan 2011. …

Is the world hurtling towards an ‘Insect Apocalypse’?

New study warns that more than 40 per cent of insect species are declining and a third are endangered

Simply creative

General principles of architecture are imaginatively applied to create a green building in Gurgaon

The MoEF-NHAI roadblock

Two Central government arms fight over de-linking of forest, environment clearances

Urban growth model needs reality check

An order of chaos

National Green Tribunal's decision to declare an area of 10 km radius around Okhla Bird Sanctuary as ecologically sensitive has put the future …

How green is your building?

The building's green credentials have been recognised internationally, most notably by the us Green Business Council (usgbc). The Washington-…

Lavasa exposed

By its looks, the place could be mistaken for Portofino, a fishing village-cum-resort in Italy—multi-coloured buildings crowd a waterfront …

Himalayan blunders

Ten dead, six injured in Mumbai building collapse

Yet another building collapses amid allegations of illegal modifications; number still trapped unknown

New Delhi is running out of water

Access to clean and regular water remains a challenge for New Delhi, a city that could easily tackle its water crisis with greater effort

Development handcuffed

Confidential audit exposes financial, planning lapses in Andhra’s urban renewal mission

New rules for coasts

Environment ministry notifies CRZ 2011. It has pro-builder bias, say fishers and activists

Dhamaal Growth

NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied

Ban paves the way

The bar on polluting brick kilns opens up opportunities for cleaner technologies

Letters

Plan that isn’t

NCR Planning Board dilutes environmental safeguards to promote towns, industries

Letters

The town farmers built

Land clearing isn't just about trees – it's an animal welfare issue too

More than 50 million birds, mammals and reptiles are thought to be killed each year in New South Wales and Queensland by the removal of native …

Lavasa’s journey downhill

Rules were bent to concentrate development in the valley, lakefront

Suzlon, Lavasa raised loans from the company named in bribery scam

Scam led to arrest of several top officials of public sector banks