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A 2009 image of UB City in Bengaluru. At present, one of the biggest reasons behind Bengaluru’s faltering urban system is that the city has been running without a local government for over four years. Image by Prateek Karandikar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

New urban governance bill in Bengaluru faces criticism, takes away citizen power says analysis

Shailesh Shrivastava 9 Sep 2024
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