15 Jul 2013

The pilot project on electric, hybrid buses for public transport   looks more like a friendly nudge to industry to find 'real business' for a very expensive technology concept. Green steps without green target is a bad idea

05 Jun 2013

The initial phase of UPA II witnessed prolific rule making, but this was not followed by responsible governance

06 Mar 2013

Catalysing safe design for public spaces should be among the top priorities to make cities safe for women, children and the elderly

19 Jan 2013

Fuel price reform is inevitable and necessary, but clean fuel and public transport agenda for health protection must not be derailed

While several cities across the world have revived their tramways, Kolkata naively ignored its tramways and witnesses the last days of this non-polluting and once-efficient mode of transport. Read this special report in Down To Earth.

Kolkata witnesses the last days of a non-polluting and once-efficient mode of transport, while trams make a comeback in cities around the world.

This paper aims to analyse urban mobility patterns and consequent impacts on energy and environment in India. It investigate the quantity of energy use in 23 metropolitan regions for the period 1981

16 Nov 2010

“…………… what was the question?”

If you ask someone living in one of our medium or large cities to name the most serious civic problem faced by his city, he will more likely than not say it is the growing problem of traffic.

28 Sep 2010
For the city of Delhi, an air quality index methodology was proposed and applied for six criteria pollutants - PM10, PM2.5, CO, NOx, SO2, and Ozone and analyzed for trends in the past three years of data. The AQI is reported on a scale of 0 to 500 and subdivided into six colored bins for easy understanding of the common person and the media.
25 Sep 2010
At a recent Interdisciplinary Group Meeting in UTTIPEC (http://uttipec.nic.in/), I gave a presentation on the path that planners, engineers and designers in the government should/ could take to achieve the World Class City goals of Delhi.

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