Urban India’s parking woes: an overview
Vehicular congestion and insufficient parking facilities are significant emerging challenges for India’s mega and metropolitan cities, severely impairing mobility. Although curtailed by constitutional
Vehicular congestion and insufficient parking facilities are significant emerging challenges for India’s mega and metropolitan cities, severely impairing mobility. Although curtailed by constitutional
MUMBAI: The first few days of monsoon have resulted in the regular yellowish-brown, brackish water from household taps across the city. The BMC's contamination report for the last 15 days of June shows 10% of the total samples tested were found to be unfit for drinking, and another 3% contained the harmful E. coli bacteria.
Mumbai With the growing panic among citizens over water shortage, BMC is going all out to take control of the situation. In a review meeting held on Wednesday, the civic administration decided not to impose further water cuts till July 15. It will also issue advertisements in the media appealing for wise use of water.
Basic water supply is crucial to effectively address the challenges of both urban and rural development. Municipal authorities/state governments in developing nations are especially hard pressed to design, develop and finance the basic urban services such as safe and reliable water supply.
An urban drainage system conveys storm water from the upstream to the drainage point in the towns and cities. The most important task of this system is to keep the streets and buildings from flooding.
Mumbai: With the promise of better infrastructure in urban centres and improved healthcare in rural areas, Sonia Gandhi, chairperson of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) declared open the Bandra-Worli sea link here on Tuesday.
MUMBAI: Even though the city's skies are overcast and heavy with dark clouds threatening to explode, weather bureau officials said Mumbaikars shouldn't expect heavy showers over the next two days. "There will be few spells of rain or thunder-showers in parts of the city and suburbs,'' said the MET forecast. Weather bureau officials, however, said there was no sign of a "good'' downpour.
Mumbai Even as rains are giving the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) sleepless nights, the city may have to brace itself for a 30 per cent water cut if there are no showers in catchment areas of the six lakes that supply water to Mumbai.
Large numbers of households in cities around the developing world do not have access to one of the most basic of human needs
The Rs 1634-cr 8-lane freeway would reduce the 40-minute journey to just 8 minutes. After almost five years of delay and disputes, the Bandra-Worli Sea Link is all set to open on Tuesday with United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi slated to open the cable-stayed bridge built by Hindustan Construction Company (HCC).
MUMBAI: The city has been ranked the lowest among world's major financial cities in terms of car parking rates, according to a global survey conducted by Colliers International, a real estate firm. The survey tracked rates in 140 downtown parking districts (central business districts) from around the world.