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Apli Kham: Ecological river restoration as placemaking

The journey of Kham River Restoration Mission in Aurangabad may provide the path to placemaking in a complex situation. Through collaborations, imaginative leadership and public participation, it has been able to address the problem of untreated sewage let out into…
By Jashvitha DhageyDecember 30, 2022
  • Pollution
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Delhi’s real town planner, the Yamuna, still gasps for life

Over the decades, even as multi-crore programmes to clean the river are expanded, the Yamuna and its floodplain continue to be polluted.…
By Vidheesha KuntamallaNovember 18, 2022
  • Climate Change
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Make space for rivers in cities, draft policies to protect them

Natural rivers and their ecosystems in cities are being ruined in the name of development with projects stripping away them of their…
By Himanshu ThakkarNovember 4, 2022
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The Sabarmati story: A river is more than a usable resource

The redeveloped, concretised, and glitzy Sabarmati riverfront in Ahmedabad is a far cry from the meandering river which flows into the Arabian…
By Darshan DesaiNovember 4, 2022
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Pune’s Mula-Mutha sinks into ecological disaster

The ancient river, Mula-Mutha, has been battered by floods, encroachments, and rampant constructions causing massive environmental damage. Turned into a sewer and…
By Ishan SadwelkarNovember 4, 2022
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  • Rivers & Waterbodies

‘Why do we not see that our cities have come up around rivers?’

There is a severe stress on our rivers when we treat them like a resource which can be exploited instead of protecting…
By Jashvitha DhageyNovember 4, 2022
  • Rivers & Waterbodies
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  • Urban Planning

Water in the city: A matter of ecology, public health, and livelihoods

The importance of wetlands and waterbodies in urban planning has come to the fore after the devastating floods in India’s Bengaluru. They…
By Amitangshu AcharyaSeptember 23, 2022
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‘We need to plan cities for extremes. Climate Change is all about extremes’

The torrential rain and floods in Bengaluru in early September grabbed international attention, showing up wide cracks in the basic infrastructure of the ‘IT capital of India’. Tractors rescued the better off people to safety, the less privileged were left…
By Team QoCSeptember 23, 2022
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Flooded realities of ‘smart’ city Ahmedabad

Most of Ahmedabad was waterlogged and flooded when rains battered the city in July and September, washing away the city’s claims to…
By Darshan DesaiSeptember 23, 2022
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Hyderabad’s high-flood index demands focus on disaster mitigation measures

The heavy rainfall in July in one of India’s IT hubs, Hyderabad, threatened to cause devastation like the 2020 floods. Although it…
By Yunus LasaniaSeptember 23, 2022

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