Ranjan Panda

Cities need multi-pronged efforts to conserve groundwater

The government of India recently informed the Parliament about high levels of toxic contamination of groundwater. Such pollutants from landfills…

6 years ago

Count the ecological costs of the national waterways project

The National Waterways project is being pursued citing multiple advantages to humans, mostly to the city dwellers. Agencies including the…

6 years ago

Why should urban planners take the SC observations seriously?

India’s big cities like Delhi and Mumbai has been in the news for poor management of their waste. In this…

6 years ago

India needs big policy push for treatment and reuse of urban wastewater

News of water scarcity fuels a lot of hue and cry in the nation, however when it comes to discussions…

6 years ago

India needs big policy push for treatment and reuse of urban wastewater

News of water scarcity fuels a lot of hue and cry in the nation, however when it comes to discussions…

6 years ago

Cities can lead Inter-state cooperation to clean rivers

There is no policy in India that promotes a holistic approach to conservation of our rivers. We depend on several…

7 years ago

Asian Cities pollute our Seas the most, must act together to curb it!

Eight of the ten rivers, that carry almost 95 percent of all the plastic debris into the Seas, are from…

7 years ago

Sole reliance on STPs can’t free our rivers from pollution

We are making rivers dirty to an extent that they are starting to fight back, to throw back pollutants at…

7 years ago

Informal Cities and Climate Resilience: building an inclusive approach

Climate change has brought in a unique and complex challenge for cities across the world. While they have to accommodate…

7 years ago

Let’s not make Cape Town face of our water future

Mega cities, the face of aspiration and progress of the modern world, have bad news in Cape Town that has…

7 years ago