It has been known for some time that the drainage systems in Indian metropolises are woefully inadequate to deal with the intensifying vagaries of the climate. If there was any more evidence required, it came in the form of the worst flooding of the national capital in 45 years. The otherwise polluted and moribund Yamuna […]
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Cities may be the driver of India’s transformation but very little investment and thought is going into their planning. More evidence of this was on display this weekend when the heaviest showers in 40 years marooned the national capital region (NCR) and killed four people. The Capital received a little over 261mm of rain, or […]