Industry leaders and experts from India’s Water & Waste sector react to the Union Budget 2021 presented on February 1, 2021… The announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission (Urban) covering all the 4,378 ULBs in Budget 2021 is a welcome step. AMRUT – a 5-year...
“With over half of the global population living in urban areas, cities and urban local governments have been at the forefront of the pandemic. Cities have been left with an indelible mark, thereby making us rethink various social, cultural, economic and institutional...
“Cities accomplish many wonderful things – they enable people to exchange ideas, services and many other forms of collaboration. With an unexpected outbreak of coronavirus across the world in 2020, the lives – especially in cities, have come to...
By Dr. Shoa Asfaha Disastrous environmental trends from climate change to air and ocean pollution, from loss of biodiversity to overuse of natural resources (such as forests, land, water) are putting Sustainable Development in jeopardy. It is about time to reverse...
By Anand Kumar At a time when India is grappling with a worldwide pandemic, there are other natural disasters which have been bothering it. Cyclone Amphan ripped through Eastern India last month, killing at least 86 people in West Bengal, destroying thousands of homes...
