The pace of development is very fast so perhaps the quality and quantity of the material, our expertise, our capacity, is not matching what is required, says Manoranjan Parida, President of Indian Road Congress.
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.
Backed by top industrialists before Ashoka University was even an idea, IIHS was built to tackle India’s urban mess. It sought to change the Gandhian village-first mindset in Indian politics.
Hyderabad’s rebranded disaster agency HYDRAA is razing ‘illegal’ buildings and reclaiming old lakes, parks, and public land. For some, it’s a model to fix urban flooding; for others, abuse of power.
Historian Sohail Hashmi called the wires a colonial curse. While Europeans had started undergrounding wires fairly early, the same focus was not reserved for the colonies.
The Bengaluru vs Hyderabad rivalry was once about attracting the biggest MNCs. Now it’s also about infrastructure, governance, and quality of life—and Bengaluru is losing its lead.
Bus Rapid Transit Systems in India are a cautionary tale about the high cost of copy-paste urban planning. They’re being dismantled in Jaipur and Pune and triggering protests in Hubballi-Dharwad.
Armenia has procured significant defence equipment from India, including artillery guns, multi-barrel rocket launchers, air defence system, sniper rifles, weapons locating radars, anti-drone weapons.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
This is nonsense. The pace of so-called development is fast is more reason to have achieved perfection in infrastructure building and not what this low rate article says in the veru beginning.
“ From Bihar to Gujarat to Maharashtra, bridges are collapsing all over the country like they were made of Lego”. The comparison with Lego is incorrect. As someone who has been assembling Lego sets for 40 years, I can confidently state that Lego sets are extremely well-designed and can remain together for years, even decades, after assembly. They are often a marvel of engineering and sound design. Maybe our engineers can learn from Lego designers.
Thank you for this article. I live in Palava and have been suffering . Couple of other flyovers near Palava too have developed huge potholes within few months of inauguration.I also recently undertook a trip to Kanyakumari via NH66 and saw the pathetic condition of the roads.
This is nonsense. The pace of so-called development is fast is more reason to have achieved perfection in infrastructure building and not what this low rate article says in the veru beginning.
“ From Bihar to Gujarat to Maharashtra, bridges are collapsing all over the country like they were made of Lego”. The comparison with Lego is incorrect. As someone who has been assembling Lego sets for 40 years, I can confidently state that Lego sets are extremely well-designed and can remain together for years, even decades, after assembly. They are often a marvel of engineering and sound design. Maybe our engineers can learn from Lego designers.
Thank you for this article. I live in Palava and have been suffering . Couple of other flyovers near Palava too have developed huge potholes within few months of inauguration.I also recently undertook a trip to Kanyakumari via NH66 and saw the pathetic condition of the roads.