Infrastructure

New tenancy law could completely change the status of Pagdi tenants from part owners to mere tenants with no ownership or succession rights.

Residents of Navi Mumbai are waiting for the restoration of Belapur Fort to be completed, but CIDCO is not in a hurry.

The monsoon downpours bring the city to a standstill year after year. There is also the threat of cyclones and storms from the Arabian Sea. Why is Mumbai not equipped to deal with them?

Mumbaikars need to show the same kind of determination they demonstrated against the proposed metro depot in Aarey to stop the proposed coastal road project.

How urban planning needs to pay attention to gender and recognise that women and men experience cities differently.

Metro Line 3 is reduces the burden on Mumbai’s local train service and creates better public transport in the city. Its delay is unpardonable.

Who will hold our elected representatives to account? Promises made by them are no where close to what they deliver.

What needs to be done in order to formalise the informal settlements in Mumbai?

Several large municipal councils in the country have budgets which could be the envy of a small state government. Then what explains the sorry state of civic facilities?

Self-development is often touted as a model for better urban housing. It is considered an antidote to builder-led redevelopment or resettlement. But financing and sustaining a large self-development project has proven unsuccessful.

Leopard rescue centers are a stop gap arrangement to deal with man-animal conflicts. Mahrashtra wants to increase them. But, should it?

Municipality’s annual funding for building repairs is Rs 100 crore. Which, it claims, is insufficient.