Citizens' reports indict Gujarat government for Surat floods

The floods of August 2006 are among the worst Gujarat's Surat city

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

Cities as spaces of culture, constraints

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Goa's disappearing khazan farms dying a slow death

Dengue - reality bites

The millions affected have many to curse -- the mosquitoes, officials and the scientific communityby Ritu Gupta

Joshimath sinking: Land subsidence worsened due to stopping flow of water, suggests NIH

Part 5: The Roorkee institute has advised making channels for the flow of water in cities situated in mountains

Urbanisation, low profitability: Why prices of tamarind leaves in Andhra Pradesh have rocketed

Government should come up with ways to make tamarind cultivation lucrative

Joshimath sinking: Did micro earthquakes lead to subsidence?

Part 1: Report by Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology finds very small seismic activities as contributing factor

The push to drive indigenous people out of forests

Life of a Dongria Kondh tribal offers insights on Indian government’s reckless interventions into the lives of indigenous people

Tribals observe 13th anniversary of Kalinga Nagar firing

13 years on, tribals march in Odisha to mark anniversary of brutal killings in Ambagadia village

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

What caused land subsidence in Joshimath?

The reasons behind this are the National Thermal Power Corporation’s Tapovan-Vishnugad hydropower project and Helang bypass, which …

Echoes of Joshimath? Residents assume Teesta NHPC dam could have caused landslide near Gangtok on March 26

Officials say there would have been casualties had the slide taken place during the day  

The problem with India’s spatial planning: Experts write to PM

Land use planning receives little attention in India, leading to urban sprawl, overcrowding, pollution, traffic congestion, urban flooding

World Cities Day: Clock ticking for India’s urban areas; act now, say experts

The time has come for active policies to make sustainable modes work for all income levels, they say

Book Digest: Mapping immigration as hope, chasing world-class urbanism and more

From accounts of urban history to state of Indian agriculture, DTE tracks new, contemporary books on environment and development from leading …

Urbanisation, changing cropping patterns contribute to temperature rise: Study

Shift from kharif to rabi has led to warming of up to 30 per cent in many regions, says a researcher from IIT Bhubaneswar

Jostling for jhuggi land

The Shakur Basti eviction drive calls for a thorough review of the railways’ mandate, politics of urban land and housing of urban poor

Are vendors only encroachers of Delhi’s footpaths?

The authorities must consider removing illegally parked vehicles first and allot designated spaces on roads to street vendors

Drought hit

Jharkhand’s water table falls three metres in one year

New report on skewed urbanisation in India

Nagpur plots pro-poor plan to help land grabbers

Development handcuffed

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