Citizen Matters travelled from Kovalam to Mahabalipuram to talk to fisher communities about the upcoming Mamallan reservoir ...

We spoke to authors of the Janaagraha report, ‘Shaping Urban India’ to understand its recommendations in the context of ...

In the volumes of citizen-generated data on the city's biodiversity, pollinators who sustain the urban ecosystem do not seem to be getting their due attention.

As the Assembly elections near, residents across Chennai flag zoning violations, poor urban planning amid rapid growth. As cities grow rapidly, traffic, buildings, and loss of green cover inevitably ...

HSR Layout’s unique intra-layout feeder bus service serves 1.8 lakh commuters every month — a story of how citizen involvement made public transport better.

Dr S Janakarajan recommends restoration of tanks and eris and creation of blue-green infrastructure to combat Chennai's water woes. Chennai saw the flood of the century in 2015. Four years on, in 2019 ...

This project by EFI demonstrates how scientific interventions and community participation can recover lost biodiversity. India’s urban areas are running out of water in more ways than one. According ...

The project is modeled on Cheonggyecheon stream restoration in South Korea. Here's how multiple authorities are coordinating for the project. [BBMP, in coordination with other government agencies, has ...

An entire ecology around street-based sex work has slowly disintegrated, pushing many of them into further invisibility and vulnerability How has Bengaluru city’s sweeping transformation over the last ...

Arun Kumar’s daily commute from Ashok Pillar to Thiruvanmaiyur is fraught with danger. “I am at the risk of being hit by one or the other vehicle while walking on the road,” he says. “With the ...