City development plans and transportation plans are often carried out in silos, resulting in fragmented solutions that fail to address the everyday mobility needs of people.
In a country where a failed monsoon can tip millions into distress and a single heatwave can bring cities to a standstill, Artificial intelligence (AI) may well be the climate ally India did not know it needed.
I still remember one ordinary afternoon during my college days. I was standing in the canteen line, hungry, tired, and carrying exactly ₹20 in my wallet. The samosa cost ₹19. I handed the note over, expecting the obvious ₹1 in return.
Geneva was meant to be the turning point. For ten tense days, the Palais des Nations carried the weight of a world desperate for relief from plastic pollution. Delegates arrived with briefcases full of ambition, and they left on the morning of 15 August with no agreement.