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A Main Bazaar of Paharganj of Central Delhi. Since 2007, the population of Delhi has almost doubled, from 19 million in 2007 to an estimated 33 million in 2024 but without a proper planning system. Image by Vyacheslav Argenberg via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-4.0)

Rethinking master plans for India’s growing cities

Kundan Pandey 23 Jul 2024
Manikonda is a commercial hub and a residential suburb in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Some estimates claim that India's half of the population is living in urban areas. Photo by iMahesh/Wikimedia Commons.

Political parties pivot to urban priorities in 2024 election manifestos

Kundan Pandey 8 May 2024
To deal with the water crisis in Bengaluru, the government has curtailed water supplies to big users such as corporates and started penalising people for wasteful use of water.

Bengaluru rings alarm bells for urban water concerns

Max Martin 15 Apr 2024

Living with wildlife in urban Asia

Arathi Menon 19 Jan 2024

Climate action a priority in G20 Delhi Declaration

Kundan Pandey 12 Sep 2023

Chennai’s fight to preserve its wetlands and stay above water

Nina Varghese 29 Dec 2021