3+ hour, 51+ min ago   (295+ words) Mumbai Coastal Road has become substantially busier since it began operating around the clock, but its first year of 24×7 use also exposes a wider limitation of road-led urban planning: higher traffic on a new corridor does not by itself establish…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (759+ words) urbanacres.in Nashik’s Miyawaki Urban Forest Turns a Dump Yard Into Public Asset The transformation of a decades-old dump yard in Devlali into Nashik’s first Miyawaki urban forest shows how neglected urban land can become an ecological asset, but it…...

9+ hour, 33+ min ago   (281+ words) A cleanup drive at Bengaluru’s Turahalli forest has removed more than two tonnes of waste, including poultry waste, domestic sanitary waste, plastic, medical waste and dog carcasses found in bags along the reserve forest’s boundary. The cleanup began at 8am and…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (840+ words) India’s Tech Manufacturing Push Is Becoming an Urban Infrastructure Test urbanacres.in India’s Tech Manufacturing Push Is Becoming an Urban Infrastructure Test India’s industrial expansion is moving beyond the familiar story of software services and mobile-phone assembly. A Jefferies report,…...

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (426+ words) Mumbai BEST Faces Renewal Demands Over Growing Contractor Reliance urbanacres.in Mumbai BEST Faces Renewal Demands Over Growing Contractor Reliance A civic transport organisation has called for concrete measures to revive the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport undertaking, raising concerns…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (272+ words) A citizens’ action group has called for urgent reforms to revive Mumbai’s Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) undertaking, warning that increasing privatisation, workforce reductions and a shrinking self-owned fleet could weaken the public transport utility’s service mandate. The forum,…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (825+ words) urbanacres.in Pallikaranai Watershed Shows Chennai’s Planning Failure A citizen charter is seeking to replace project-by-project interventions with basin-level management across Chennai’s southern water system. The call for an integrated plan for the Pallikaranai watershed comes as citizen groups, conservation…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (392+ words) The Greater Chennai Corporation has intensified Chennai monsoon preparedness in North Chennai, reviewing stormwater drain, canal and water-body works along with emergency equipment and relief arrangements in the Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar and Royapuram zones. The review meeting was held on…...

3+ day, 57+ min ago   (721+ words) urbanacres.in Mumbai’s BEST Revival Depends on More Than Electric Buses A citizens’ campaign has argued that the future of Mumbai’s public bus system will depend not only on cleaner vehicles, but also on who owns the fleet, who employs…...

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (784+ words) urbanacres.in Hyderabad Sewage Treatment Plants Face a Systemic Test A compliance affidavit filed by the Telangana government before the National Green Tribunal has placed Hyderabad’s sewage treatment network under renewed scrutiny. The filing records repeated exceedances of prescribed limits…...