A contributor to City Limits: The Crisis of Urbanisation, Aravind Unni called the new urban model a ‘demolition city'. He said the govt has weaponised urban policies for displacement and called it ‘Hindutva Urbanism'.
By 2036, 40% of India’s population will reside in cities. This presents significant challenges—the problem isn’t the pace of urbanisation, but the failure to sustain the expansion.
Study by researchers at IIT-Bhubaneswar, published in Nature, find that night temps have been rising across India, but rate at which cities are heating up higher than non-urban areas.
Incident raises concerns about impact of city development on wildlife, such as tall buildings & light pollution forcing birds to fly at higher altitudes. Environmentalists demand action.
Previous governments looked at urbanisation as a challenge, but BJP sees it as an opportunity, said Prime Minister Modi during release of BJP manifesto ahead of Lok Sabha election.
Janagraaha says there is need for 3-tier spatial planning process: regional plan for metropolitan area, municipal plan for city govt area & ward plan at neighbourhood level.
Researchers claim likelihood of availing govt facilities drops in areas where scheduled castes, Muslims are in majority & their children fare worse than students from non-marginalised groups.
French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
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