NEWS ANALYSIS: Waterlogging, urban planning
By Kartik Lokhande Come monsoon, and within first few spells one gets to see a lot of photographs of waterlogged streets in almost every major city in India including the national capital New Delhi. Year after year, this problem is engulfing more number of areas in these ‘urban islands’. The reason? Poor urban planning. What has happened to the cities that have grown leaps and bounds? The cities are becoming the powerhouses of development, capital inflows, investments, job opportunities, high-rises, and pockets attracting migrants from vast rural meadows. With more and more economic activities, many cities are expanding horizontally. However, for want of proper planning, there are not many cities that have come up with ‘walk to work’ units. As a result, most of the cities are witnessing a vertical growth, with more number of high-rise buildings adorning the urban skylines, or, one shall say, choking the view of blue sky. The plots with single-storeyed houses with court...