June 5, 2025
What’s behind the drying taps in urban India?
Worsening climate stress and infrastructural issues are exacerbating the water crisis across India's cities. How can these barriers be addressed?
Rohit Bhatt is a research associate at Nāgrika. He is an architect, urban planner, and researcher working at the intersection of sustainability, resilience, and vernacular knowledge systems. Originally from Bageshwar, Uttarakhand, Rohit is committed to exploring context-driven, community-centred planning approaches that respond to the socio-ecological challenges of small towns and fragile urban geographies. He holds a master’s in city planning from IIT Kharagpur and a bachelor’s in architecture from AKTU Lucknow.
Sustainable urban planning, mountain urbanism, vernacular architecture
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