Urban infrastructure
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As governments chase spectacle over governance, India’s cities are crumbling
Ankush Pal
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Sri Lanka: Cyclone Ditwah’s devastating effect shows how vulnerability has been engineered
Ravindra Jayaratne, The Conversation
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Crores spent, Smart Cities Mission leaves behind more bills, superficial infrastructure
Asmi Sharma Nancy Pathak
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Why the Centre must fund the rescue of India’s collapsing cities
Srinivasan Iyengar Arindam Goswami
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The physics behind potholes – and how to solve the problem
Shirish B Patel
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More than interesting buildings, it is a city’s public spaces that affect the lives of people
Haim Yacobi, The Conversation
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Worlds apart: How a writer from Lahore felt when he rode the London underground in 1900
Amanda Lanzillo
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Srinagar: Why does a city of one million people not have a single snow clearance machine?
Safwat Zargar
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Fire in Bandra slum sparks memories of 2011 blaze that gutted the same settlement
Mridula Chari
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A rough monsoon has left India’s ramshackle cities more decrepit than ever. Get used to it
Samar Halarnkar
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Morning headlines: Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal CM today, and 9 other top stories
Scroll Staff
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Bombay High Court pulls up civic bodies for failing to construct public toilets for women
Scroll Staff