Urban Planning
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After 23-year-old’s death, Bengaluru civic body admits absence of rain safety audits in underpasses
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike will now carry out safety audits of 18 underpasses in the city.
Scroll Staff
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Lessons from Seoul and Morbi: Why Indian cities must address crowd management
Local government authorities should consider using AI that measures crowd density alongside infrastructure to mitigate disasters.
Madhav Pai & Vishal Ramprasad
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The Line: Will Saudi Arabia’s 170-km mirrored city be the utopia it promises to be?
It is touted as a post-carbon eco-city, with ‘progressive laws and ‘human experience’ at its heart.
Andrew Allan, The Conversation & Subha Parida, The Conversation
Trending
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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India at Asian Games, September 22 schedule: Indian paddlers in action; Volleyball team to play R12
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Arundhati Roy: The dismantling of democracy in India will affect the whole world
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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Fiction: Rumours say an ex-army chief is staging a military coup. How will the government respond?
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Bengaluru municipal corporation’s failure to remove drain encroachments caused floods: Karnataka HC
The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike failed to perform its statutory duties, the High Court noted.
Scroll Staff
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At Bengaluru’s Rainbow Drive, a snapshot of the city’s man-made flood challenges
Recent constructions have encroached on low lands and overflow channels, hampering the flow of rainwater into drainage areas.
Meera K
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‘Bengaluru’s flood devastation is the tyranny of small decisions’: Water expert Vishwanath S
The waterlogging has not been caused by the heavy rain but by bad planning, he says.
Aishwarya Iyer
Video
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Watch: Rahul Gandhi puts on railway porters’ uniform and badge and carries luggage as he meets them
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Watch: The moment when Pope Francis joined a priest’s video call to his family back in Kerala
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Watch: Scenes of chaos at Mumbai Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations as crowd breaks through barricade
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Watch: Man brews coffee and records it in cinematic style inspired by the film ‘Oppenheimer’
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Watch: Deep-sea footage of World War II shipwrecks from the Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean
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Shimla’s first major development plan in four decades is a lost opportunity
A month after the Himachal Pradesh government unveiled the plan, the National Green Tribunal stayed it noting that it may result in disastrous consequences.
Vivek Gupta
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Smart technologies pose a threat to women working as informal recyclers in India
While such initiatives are often promoted as beneficial for all, they are being increasingly criticised for catering to the priorities of affluent citizens.
Josie Wittmer, The Conversation
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As Indonesia builds a new capital, it should avoid the expensive mistakes of other planned cities
The cities of the future should be gender-egalitarian, classless, peaceful, ecological and beautiful.
Dorina Pojani, The Conversation
The Reel
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‘Jaane Jaan’ review: A dream cast and solid craft steer ‘The Devotion of Suspect X’ adaptation
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What’s behind the Kareena Kapoor Khan swerve: ‘It’s important to keep changing yourself’
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Sriram Raghavan: Remembering the dark side to Dev Anand
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‘Khufiya’ trailer: Tabu, Ali Fazal in Vishal Bhardwaj’s spy thriller
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Start the week with a film: ‘The Host’ is a Korean creature feature with head and heart
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A cycle track around Mumbai’s Powai lake won’t improve liveability – it will compromise it further
An urban planning researcher argues the project goes against common sense, not just environmental logic.
Himanshu Burte
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Delhi Master Plan 2041: Is there space for waste workers?
The city urgently needs formalised, standardised spaces for waste work.
Shruti Sinha
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Delhi Master Plan 2041: What would the city look like if children’s views were incorporated?
The master plan shapes a city that will be inherited by today’s children 20 years later. So it seems only fair to have children determining a city’s future.
Avira Bhatt
The Field
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India at Asian Games, September 22 schedule: Indian paddlers in action; Volleyball team to play R12
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ICC Men’s ODI World Cup: South Africa announce revised squad with pacers Nortje, Magala ruled out
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Misplaced priorities: India’s preference for multi-sport events needs a relook
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Watch, Asian Games highlights: India stun three-time champs Korea to make it to volleyball knockouts
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Asian Games, Boxing: Deepak Bhoria – once undernourished and counted out, now India’s best medal bet