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‘We want the Musi cleaned but without displacing the people’

Once a lifeline of the city of Hyderabad, the Musi was home to thousands of people – mostly economically backward -- living along its banks. The increasing pollution threatened their well-being; the demolitions, their very existence. While the unauthorised constructions…
By Shobha SurinFebruary 20, 2026
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The Musi – then and now

  Cover photo: Musi River at Hyderabad/ Wikimedia Commons
By Team QoCFebruary 20, 2026
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Delhi owes the Yamuna an ecologically-sound river-led city plan

The deterioration and shrinking of the Yamuna in Delhi have worsened over the decades despite thousands of crores spent. Constructions on its…
By Ankita Dhar KarmakarFebruary 6, 2026
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‘The Yamuna is a living and breathing thing. We are systematically killing it’

Although India’s vision of a river was historically been influenced by the British, urban plans in contemporary India too do not have…
By Team QoCFebruary 6, 2026
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The Yamuna: Memoir of
a dying river

  Nikeita Saraf, a Thane-based architect and urban practitioner, works as illustrator and writer with Question of Cities. Through her academic years…
By Nikeita SarafFebruary 6, 2026
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‘The government got votes from here, now claims the settlement is illegal’

What happens when a river’s relationships with people closest to it are broken and all talk of the river is reduced to…
By Ankita Dhar KarmakarFebruary 6, 2026
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The relentless fighters who cycle, campaign and rally to save Yamuna

Pankaj Kumar quit his job to work 24x7 for a clean Yamuna. Vikrant Tongad decided he would not be a silent spectator…
By Team QoCFebruary 6, 2026
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The Aravallis at the crossroads: Facts, fallout, and the fight

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By Team QoCJanuary 9, 2026
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Following the arc from the Aravallis to Delhi’s air

The need of the hour is to recognise Delhi’s rising air pollution from an integrated ecological perspective. Indeed, various anti-pollution measures of…
By Ankita Dhar KarmakarJanuary 9, 2026
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They fight so that the Aravallis can stand tall

Sheer passion, deep commitment to their land, and raw anger at the daylight robbery of the hills they have called home forever…
By Nikeita SarafJanuary 9, 2026

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