Bharat can''t grow unless India does

Wednesday 30 March '11

India''s potential can''t be exploited unless urban governance improves. This column has catalogued ideas that worked.

Bharat can''t grow unless India does

Wednesday 30 March '11

India''s potential can''t be exploited unless urban India''s governance improves.

Hyderabad governs with 24x7 candid camera

Wednesday 23 February '11

An off-site real time monitoring system instantly transfers cellphone pictures of the state of governance to a central server. The data is public.

Highway to the future

Thursday 27 January '11

As part of its plan to build satellite townships and business parks, Hyderabad''s integrated transport network even aims to be self-financing.

Clean the city, use the garbage

Wednesday 29 December '10

Rajkot keeps itself clean by using self-help groups, municipal workforces and private firms who make money from solid waste management.

24x7 water for all

Wednesday 24 November '10

Nagpur''s integrated water management approach has helped it lead in providing continuous supply

Bringing speed to bus rides

Wednesday 27 October '10

Ahmedabad has designed an efficient and affordable bus rapid transit system which can be easily emulated

Care for your city like Surat does

Wednesday 29 September '10

The 1994 plague outbreak started a clean-up that has now moved beyond simply improving infrastructure to addressing other aspects of a better life for citizens

Magarpatta: building a city with rural-urban partnership

Wednesday 26 May '10

How we can and why we must foster such partnerships...

Treating waste water for reuse

Wednesday 28 April '10

Water availability per capita in India is reaching critical levels, and with a much faster pace of urbanisation expected in the coming decades...

Expanding our towns for urban growth

Wednesday 24 February '10

We have got so used to the unplanned growth of our cities that we assume that town planning was a speciality only of ancient times, to be seen in the ruins of Takshila.

Steady supply

Wednesday 27 January '10

A pilot project in Karnataka resulted in 24x7 water supply, at lower rates. It can be easily replicated