Settlements and Transport

Human settlements with sustainability, equity, and fulfillment. Sustainable, equitable means including non-motorised and public transport

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This features both rural and urban areas, and the search to make human settlements sustainable, equitable, and fulfilling places to live and work in. This includes: sustainable architecture, localized generation of basic infrastructural, water and energy needs, urban biodiversity conservation, waste/garbage minimisation and recycling, efficiency and frugality in the use of these basics, the defense and revival of common and open spaces, participatory budgeting and planning of settlements.

We would also like to include stories of sustainable, equitable means of transport that can be accessed by all and that do not create ecological and social problems as is the case with a focus on privatized motorized transport. Stories on the promotion of public transport, cycling, walking, human/animal powered and other forms of ecologically sustainable and equitable transportation, planning for equitable access, reclaiming the roads and parking lots for public use, and so on, are featured.

Expensive, elitist models that may be ecologically sustainable but are not relevant for most people, are likely to be avoided here.

New Bicycle Department formed at Pune Municipal Corporation!

"the formation of the Bicycle Department is part of the commitment made by the PMC to promote bicycling in the city."

Surat becomes first district to have 100% solar powered health centres

All 52 PHCs in the district are now solar-powered. This will bring down the electricity bill by 40 percent, also helping fight global warming.

A day in Delhi’s under-the-bridge school for the poor

Pupils at the free school under the bridge are mostly the children of migrant workers, labourers, and seasonal farmers living in nearby slums.

Alappuzha gets recognised by UNEP for its solid waste management practices

This city in Kerala has adopted decentralised waste management and is pushing for 100 per cent segregation in all the 23 wards

A turn for the better at Gandipet village

The Gandipet village is a striking picture of cleanliness. Across the length and breadth of a few streets, we spotted just one carton on the street.

How Assam’s four ponds kept the city from sinking, till now

Guwahati can combat the urban flooding problem by urgently revitalizing these ponds along with hundreds of other ponds and channels.

A Decade of Pour Tous Distribution Centre (PTDC) : the evolution of an Auroville institution

PTDC was the first major breakthrough towards an economy with no exchange of money, in contrast with previous experiments.

A waste management model for small towns

Vengurla towns in coastal Maharashtra generates revenue out of waste - Rs 1.5 lakh /month from processing 7 tonnes waste generated per day.

Reviving an Urban Lake – Doddagubbi Kere

“Our pond is the only documented example of a simple, Natural Pond-Forest revival, a Solution for the looming urban environmental and water crisis"