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Urban

People taking water from well_PTI
September 16, 2020
Where does the water in a well come from?
In the water sector, the focus on fixing demand and supply is taking us away from the real problem: Unnoticed groundwater dependencies in ever-expanding urban India.
by Rachita Vora, Smarinita Shetty | 7 min read
image of a young boy walking past a slum-urban development
September 1, 2020
Want a better quality of life?
Evidence suggests that when citizens participate in local governance, delivery of basic services such as water supply and sanitation improves.
by Katie Pyle | 4 min read
community leader interacting with slum dwellers_SNEHA
August 7, 2020
Engaging communities is critical to the COVID-19 response
Lessons from community engagement to tackle the disproportionate spread of COVID-19 in India’s urban slums.
by Pritha Venkatachalam, Niloufer Memon | 5 min read
Guruvayur_Municipal_Office-local government
June 24, 2020
How can we empower city governments?
A pan-India research study identifies the challenges faced by urban governments, and possible solutions to strengthen them.
by Meghna Bandelwar, Milind Mhaske | 6 min read
hands tied together with rope-restrict
April 8, 2020
Fighting COVID-19 in cities
How city governments can be empowered to tackle crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
by Harshil Suresh, Milind Mhaske | 5 min read
Wastewater canal_Chennai, India_ water and sanitation
November 19, 2019
The hidden opportunity in wastewater reuse
Leveraging sanitation infrastructure for water conservation will help address India's water scarcity problem.
by Y. Malini Reddy, Jyothsna Devi | 5 min read
People waiting in line for water_ASwaminathan
September 13, 2019
Water is more expensive for the poor than the rich
In cities, it is piped water that is subsidised, which means that those who don’t have piped water – the poorest households – don’t benefit from the subsidy.
by Nithya Subramanian | 5 min read
An open sewage water way next to houses_water pollution_Wikimedia Commons
June 14, 2019
It’s time to re-imagine water systems in cities
Our sewerage systems have not kept pace with urbanisation, and with Indian cities growing rapidly, it's worth examining how this impacts water.
by Dr Veena Srinivasan | 3 min read
Dr Armida Fernandez SNEHA
June 7, 2019
Six things we learned from Dr Armida Fernandez
From following a life-cycle approach, to thinking about location-specific context—here's some of what it takes to make development interventions sustainable.
by Prakriti Singh | 2 min read
Young adults sitting on a bench looking down at their smartphones _ India
May 14, 2019
The jobs crisis severely affects educated youth and women
India is witnessing a rise in the number of educated youth with a simultaneous fall in the generation of jobs; a problem that requires immediate government-led intervention.
by India Development Review | 5 min read
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