Every monsoon, Lahore’s drainage system fails and the city floods. Where did it go wrong?

Instead of last-minute disaster management, the city needs to invest in flood prevention.

Dawar Hameed Butt, Dawn.com

· Aug 02, 2019 · 09:30 pm

499 Mumbai buildings are at risk of collapse, but its civic body is pouring funds into coastal road

The city slashed its fire- and disaster-management budget for two consecutive years, before raising it again.

IndiaSpend Team

· Jul 17, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Why Maharashtra's latest plan for Mumbai coastal road is a disaster

Thursday was the last day for the public to submit objections to this deeply inegalitarian and economically unviable project that fails to address the city's transport needs.

Hussain Indorewala and Shweta Wagh

· Aug 28, 2015 · 05:30 pm

In a slum fire outside Delhi, the frightening vision of a future smart city

India isn't creating space for the urban poor even though the government is pushing the rhetoric of 'Housing for All' along with 'Smart Cities'.

Supriya Sharma

· Jun 25, 2015 · 09:15 am

Mumbai's development plan envisions taller buildings but has no space for disaster management

Critics say allowing towers in some areas to be four to six times higher than currently permitted requires a much greater provision for amenities than the proposal contains.

Aarefa Johari

· Feb 20, 2015 · 07:45 am