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I am a lapsed engineer from here, and an aspiring city planner from here.
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Category Archives: Delhi
Models of parking provision in urban India
Mumbai’s parking policy gives builders FSI incentives to build public parking (source: indianurbaninfrastructure.com) It is incontestable that there is a shortage of parking in Indian cities. One only needs to look at the number of vehicles parked on the streets … Continue reading
Governmental “informality” in India
I referred, last week, to this paper by Ananya Roy which argues that informality and the collapse of rule of law in India is not a result of the disdain that ungovernable masses have for law, but a result of … Continue reading
Posted in commonwealth games, Delhi, Informality, Mumbai, Yamuna Floodplain
Tagged Adarsh housing society, Akrama Sakrama, MMRDA
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The real failure of Delhi’s Commonwealth Games
Squatter settlements being hidden by Commonwealth Games boards (source: India Together) The past week has been brutal for Delhi’s Commonwealth Games, which is due to begin in a few days. BBC reported poor living facilities and unhygienic restrooms. Time.com ridiculed … Continue reading
On cycle rickshaws and the right to economic opportunity
Some months ago, I wrote in TheCityFix.com about a Delhi High Court judgment (Manushi Sangathan vs MCD) overturning limits on the number of legal cycle rickshaws plying within the limits of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi. Here’s a recap and an update. Continue reading
Posted in Cycle Rickshaws, Delhi
Tagged Delhi High Court, ITDP, Manushi Sangatan, Mudhu Kishwar
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Promises, promises…
My analysis of two news reports in Mumbai this week promising drivers of personal vehicles the opportunity to “zip over” congested roads. Continue reading
Posted in commonwealth games, Delhi, Highways, Induced Demand, Mumbai
Tagged Chembur, Colaba, Commonwealth Games, MMRDA, Times of India
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So much for transparency…
In Delhi, after the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) reported scams worth 20 crore rupees in construction projects for the upcoming Commonwealth Games, the Delhi Chief Minister has passed a “gag order” on her colleagues in the cabinet to keep the … Continue reading
Book Review – Slumming India: A chronicle of slums and their saviours
Slumming India by Gita Dewan Verma is an attempt to make sense of some of the most baffling conflicts surrounding urban slums in the 1990s and early 2000s. In such issues, the maze of allegations and counter-allegations is incredibly deceptive, and even intelligent people are prone to losing track. Verma tries – and arguably succeeds – in untangling the strands and providing the reader with some clarity on the subject. Employing Orwellian satire and Chomskyian matter-of-factness in equal measure, Verma weaves an intricate pattern that explains how, despite more than half a century of planning in India, slums have thrived, feeding on the despair of their residents. Continue reading
