URBAN MOBILITY
Shaping our streets for people

Plenty of money has been spent widening roads. It is clear that doesn't work. Instead, designing our cities for walking and cycling is a much better option, and is also imperative to fight climate change.

#Cities #Climate #Transport #Government
MULTI-LAYERED PLASTICS
An inclusive EPR regime is possible
MULTI-LAYERED PLASTICS : An inclusive EPR regime is possible

Extended Producer Responsibility-based interventions can be designed to ensure that wastepickers and informal workers remain an integral part of the new regime too.

#Livelihoods #Urban Poor #Waste #Environment
URBAN PLANNING
The way forward for Mumbai Metro's new lines

Thirty five kilometers of mass transit are about to be added to Mumbai Metro. Applying an economic development lens would help in the planning of areas around these upcoming lines.

#Cities #Transport #Economy
GOSIKHURD IRRIGATION PROJECT
Thirty-four years of irregularities and failures
GOSIKHURD IRRIGATION PROJECT : Thirty-four years of irregularities and failures

The recently released CAG audit report on Maharashtra has heavily criticized the time and cost overruns in Gosikhurd irrigation project in Vidarbha. 

#Public Funds #Water #Government
ELECTRIFICATION DRIVE
Lessons for rural electrification from a weaving village

If electrification drives remain focused only on village electrification, connections and lighting, 'Gaaon Ka Vikaas Garv Ke Saath' will remain just rhetoric. Anjali Sharma, Ann Josey, and Sreekumar N report.

#Energy #Government
PORT REDEVELOPMENT
On the waterfront in Mumbai
PORT REDEVELOPMENT : On the waterfront in Mumbai

Mumbai’s port land should be redeveloped to benefit, among others, the dock workers and slum dwellers, says a recently released report by city based NGOs Youth for Unity and Voluntary Action (YUVA) and Hamara Shehar Vikas Niyojan Abhiyaan. Darryl D’Monte analyses the report.

#Land #People
MUMBAI KOLIWADAS
The catch regarding Mumbai’s fishing villages

Fishing villages in Mumbai are probably more threatened than those in other cities, due to the dizzy densification of the country’s commercial capital, writes Darryl D’Monte.

#Fisheries #Land #People
HIGHWAY TOLLS
Why Fadnavis mustn't be soft on motorists

Sachin Tendulkar’s letter to the Maharashtra CM Fadnavis, urging him to reduce toll posts in the state, may just encourage the state further to execute its plan of exempting private cars and SUVs from such charges. Darryl D’Monte argues why that is entirely unjustifiable.

#Cities #Transport #Urban Environment #OP-ED
MUMBAI DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Who will benefit from the ‘Manhattanisation’ of Mumbai?

The Mumbai municipal authorities have delivered a draft 20-year development plan for the city, but implementation of many of the proposals therein could well deliver the final blow to a city already gasping for breath, says Darryl D’Monte.

#Cities #Transport #Urban Environment #Government
KELKAR COMMITTEE REPORT ON MAHARASHTRA
Pursuing development: The perils of the beaten track
KELKAR COMMITTEE REPORT ON MAHARASHTRA : Pursuing development: The perils of the beaten track

The report of the Kelkar Committee on balanced development in Maharashtra has important recommendations. But will it all come to nought because of its failure to avoid some conventional pitfalls? Shripad Dharmadhikary explores.

#Water #Agriculture #Economy #Government #Poverty
METRO FARES
Will passengers bear the burden of Mumbai Metro?

Even before the first line of the much-anticipated Mumbai Metro becomes functional, a number of issues have cropped up, most notably one over the pricing of tickets. Darryl D’Monte tracks the arguments, with comparisons to metro rail elsewhere.

#Cities #Transport #Economy
CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION
Moulding the young as change agents
CLIMATE CHANGE EDUCATION : Moulding the young as change agents

While formal education on climate change is largely structured around doctrines and laws targeted at mature minds, some have realised the importance of building awareness and inspiring action among the younger brigade. Angelica Pereira reports from Mumbai.

#Climate #Environmental Education #Environment
WATER FOR MUMBAI
Travelling afar for solutions nearby
The plan to erect 12 dams in order to meet the water requirements of cities in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region is not only objectionable from an environmental perspective, but also undermines the priorities laid out by the 12th Five Year Plan. Shripad Dharmadhikary reports.
#Water #Environment
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Spaced out in Mumbai
URBAN DEVELOPMENT : Spaced out in Mumbai
India's commercial capital suffers from a deplorable lack of open spaces and falls far below both national and global standards in that respect. Clearly, the BMC is not tuned in to the requirements, as Darryl D'Monte shows in his report on the draft development plan for the city.
#Cities #Urban Environment #Government
TRIBAL REALITIES
Helping Pardhi children aim for the sun
While state atrocities against Pardhi communities show few signs of abatement, a small school in Mahadev Basti in Usmanabad, Maharashtra brings a ray of hope. Shirish Khare reports.
#Adivasis #Education #Society
  • Population : 123 m (2019 est)
  • Area : 307,713 sq.km.
  • Density : 400/sq. km.
  • Sex Ratio : 929 (2011)
  • Child Sex Ratio : 894 (2011)
  • Literacy : 84.80% (2020)
  • Forest Cover : 16.50% (2019)
  • Lok Sabha MPs : 48
  • Rajya Sabha MPs : 19
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