and Ajaya Dixit Recurring floods in major cities point to need for moving away from land-centric urbanism Chennai is flooded. The north-east monsoon that has been hovering ominously over Tamil Nadu has brought with it the highest volume of rainfall within 24 hours in the last five years. It has also revived memories of the… Continue reading We must recognise cities as waterscapes
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A Cape Town lesson for Chennai and other Indian cities facing Day Zero
Day Zero is not necessarily the day when water availability will be zero. In reality, the kind of water crisis our cities are already in, the Cape Town kind of measures need to be adopted with immediate effect. On the 1st of August as I landed at Chennai airport, I was expecting some big billboards… Continue reading A Cape Town lesson for Chennai and other Indian cities facing Day Zero