Visiting a Regional Transport Office (RTO) after 2 decades, Sumana Narayanan concludes that the old adage, “the more things change, the more they remain the same”, is very apt.
Most city residents continue to casually toss garbage out of their homes, frequently forgetting the section that must bear the repercussions. This blog is in the form of a poem.
An Environmental Statement submitted by an industry to the State Pollution Control Board details the pollution it caused and the mitigation measures adopted. A perusal of these statements for Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station, Nellore District, reveals under-reporting and mismatches in data.
This is a series of basic FAQS to help debunk common misconceptions about waste management and clarify doubts that stop citizens from doing their bit in taking responsibility for their own waste. While there are many more aspects to waste management, these FAQs focus on (de)centralised system of waste management and composting.
The line between Indian housing policy and slum policy is very blurry. This affects the implementation of both policies. This piece examines the slum policy in Chennai and the need for a renewed approach.
This blog elaborates the role of landscape ecology in building urban resilience. This is based on the takeaways from a recent Care Earth Workshop on the Fundamentals of Landscape Ecology.
City governments create maps for enabling the distribution of public services, understanding the land-use patterns and demarcating important boundaries. Samantha Lloyd delves into the maps prepared by the Ranchi Municipal Corporation to determine whether city maps are usable and comprehensible.
The recent IPCC report indicates that coastal cities like Chennai are prone to submergence, flooding, and other natural disasters. The city urgently needs to build accountability for poor management of wetland resources. The dangers of failing to do so were highlighted in a seminar on wetland abuse, which brought together senior researchers, fisherfolk, government officials, and experts.
Chennai’s Second Master Plan envisions “a prime metropolis which will become more livable, economically vibrant, environmentally sustainable, and with better assets for future generations”. However, an examination of this vision from the perspective of the urban poor reveals that the plan does not address social and economic inequalities.
This blog summarises the third and fourth session of the Consumer Guidance Seminar on Banking Services held in February 2018. The session on the effectiveness of RBI guidelines covered a discussion on the role of RBI in the monetary policy but also the maintenance of financial stability. The fourth session included case studies on digital security issues in the banking sector.
