Over 60% of Indian cities are left ‘orphaned’ without elected urban governments. Citizen groups, civic influencers, and informal ‘nagarsevaks’ are filling the gaps in Mumbai and Nagpur.
Nagpur authorities have fined contractors for stealing power & filed a complaint against 2, including a journalist, for alleging that city's beautification was only for duration of event.
Nagpur Municipal Corporation's sewage treatment plants are on the cusp of being able to recycle 480 million litres of the total 525 million litres per day of sewage the city generates.
The durability of partnership will depend on whether both sides can institutionalise dispute resolution mechanisms rather than rely on episodic political bargaining.
By next weekend, Bangladesh will have an elected government. This is India’s moment to reboot broken ties by moderating the ‘ghuspethiya’ rhetoric in poll-bound West Bengal and Assam.
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