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Even 25 years after it came to be, an informal settlement in Mankhurd is without legal electricity connections. The 180 families here have all the documents, municipal water supply, filed repeated applications, spoken to politicians but electricity connections remain elusive.
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The prolonged process and harassment for connections, forcible informal use, hefty bills, and safety concerns are political choices when the state is approving heavy power-consuming data centres as “essential services”.
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Read the full story by @sanjana_krishn, Abhishek and C Sheth here: questionofcities.org/unequal…
Unequal electricity: Slum residents’ struggle in floodlit Mumbai - Question of Cities

Unequal electricity: Slum residents’ struggle in floodlit Mumbai - Question of Cities

Even 25 years after it came to be, an informal settlement in Mankhurd is without legal electricity connections. The 180 families here have all the documents, municipal water supply, filed repeated...

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Waste picking is treated as a problem to hide, not work to value. But Pune and Ahmedabad show that when cities give waste workers budgets, & a place in the formal system, they get better working conditions and better waste management, writes Anjor Bhaskar questionofcities.org/buildin…
Building space for waste: Principles of just transition - Question of Cities

Building space for waste: Principles of just transition - Question of Cities

Waste was an urban challenge historically in ancient Rome and Athens, early industrialised London and other European cities, where it led to deadly epidemics, but was simply discarded on streets,...

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A just transition in waste management means organising workers into collectives, bringing them into the formal system, moving them up the value chain and decentralising organic waste handling, writes Anjor Bhaskar questionofcities.org/buildin…
Building space for waste: Principles of just transition - Question of Cities

Building space for waste: Principles of just transition - Question of Cities

Waste was an urban challenge historically in ancient Rome and Athens, early industrialised London and other European cities, where it led to deadly epidemics, but was simply discarded on streets,...

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Between 3 and 5 mil. waste pickers sort India’s trash on streets, in bins, on landfills. Govt data shows nearly 60% are from SC and about 48% are women. The people who keep our cities running are the ones the system leaves out, writes Anjor Bhaskar. questionofcities.org/buildin…
Building space for waste: Principles of just transition - Question of Cities

Building space for waste: Principles of just transition - Question of Cities

Waste was an urban challenge historically in ancient Rome and Athens, early industrialised London and other European cities, where it led to deadly epidemics, but was simply discarded on streets,...

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City plans make no provision for housing the workers who build the city. So settlements near construction sites get treated as encroachments and demolished. Worker housing isn’t welfare; it’s an urban planning question, writes Utkarsh Mishra. questionofcities.org/the-cit…
The city and its workers: Building without belonging - Question of Cities

The city and its workers: Building without belonging - Question of Cities

Construction workers, mostly migrants, living in makeshift shelters on site or vacant land nearby without proper access to water and sanitation, power supply, schools and healthcare has been normal...

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Rs 1.17 lakh crore has been collected as cess for construction workers’ welfare. Rs 70,000 crore sits unspent. Meanwhile, only 7% of Affordable Rental Housing Complexes for migrant workers had been allocated till 2024, writes Utkarsh Mishra. questionofcities.org/the-cit…
The city and its workers: Building without belonging - Question of Cities

The city and its workers: Building without belonging - Question of Cities

Construction workers, mostly migrants, living in makeshift shelters on site or vacant land nearby without proper access to water and sanitation, power supply, schools and healthcare has been normal...

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The people who build our cities can’t live in them. Migrant #constructionworkers sleep in makeshift shelters on site, with no proper water, sanitation, power, schools or healthcare. Women and children suffer most, writes Utkarsh Mishra. questionofcities.org/the-cit…
The city and its workers: Building without belonging - Question of Cities

The city and its workers: Building without belonging - Question of Cities

Construction workers, mostly migrants, living in makeshift shelters on site or vacant land nearby without proper access to water and sanitation, power supply, schools and healthcare has been normal...

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#Gurugram could make room for everyone through basic provisions: covered roadside shelters, seating, drinking water, accessible toilets and open spaces. These can be mandated in Occupation Certificates. A city belongs to the people who work in it, too. questionofcities.org/the-pro…
The prosperous and the poor in the private city of Gurugram - Question of Cities

The prosperous and the poor in the private city of Gurugram - Question of Cities

The working class in Gurugram is seldom thrown out in the literal sense. The manner in which the city has been designed or, more accurately, for whom it has been designed is the story of who has been...

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In Gurugram, domestic workers, guards, delivery workers and other working-class residents keep the city running. Yet they often need permission to use its spaces, or face unwelcome stares. Who is the city designed for? Read here: questionofcities.org/the-pro…
The prosperous and the poor in the private city of Gurugram - Question of Cities

The prosperous and the poor in the private city of Gurugram - Question of Cities

The working class in Gurugram is seldom thrown out in the literal sense. The manner in which the city has been designed or, more accurately, for whom it has been designed is the story of who has been...

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Gurugram’s working class is rarely thrown out of the city. Yet the city’s design decides who belongs. In a landscape of private housing complexes and roads, those who keep the city running often struggle to claim its public spaces, writes Ankush Pal questionofcities.org/the-pro…
The prosperous and the poor in the private city of Gurugram - Question of Cities

The prosperous and the poor in the private city of Gurugram - Question of Cities

The working class in Gurugram is seldom thrown out in the literal sense. The manner in which the city has been designed or, more accurately, for whom it has been designed is the story of who has been...

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Bela Estate, Chilla Khadar, Pul Mithai, Madrasi Camp, Jailorwala Bagh. Across Delhi, reports from informal settlements document large-scale voter deletions and missing names in the SIR, reports @dharspeaks questionofcities.org/the-del…
The Delhi Files: Informal settlements and voter deletions - Question of Cities

The Delhi Files: Informal settlements and voter deletions - Question of Cities

Bela Estate, where 728 of 729 voters were deleted from the electoral rolls, is a microcosm of voter deletions in informal settlements of Delhi. Besides snatching away their constitutional right, it...

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Across Delhi, from the Yamuna floodplains to JJ clusters, residents of informal settlements have faced different forms of voter exclusion. What connects these cases is the precarity of the places they call home, reports @dharspeaks questionofcities.org/the-del…
The Delhi Files: Informal settlements and voter deletions - Question of Cities

The Delhi Files: Informal settlements and voter deletions - Question of Cities

Bela Estate, where 728 of 729 voters were deleted from the electoral rolls, is a microcosm of voter deletions in informal settlements of Delhi. Besides snatching away their constitutional right, it...

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From Bela Estate, Chilla Khadar, Pul Mithai & more, reports from Delhi’s informal settlements reveal different forms of voter exclusion. The correlation between precarious housing and electoral deletions is hard to ignore, reports @dharspeaks questionofcities.org/the-del…
The Delhi Files: Informal settlements and voter deletions - Question of Cities

The Delhi Files: Informal settlements and voter deletions - Question of Cities

Bela Estate, where 728 of 729 voters were deleted from the electoral rolls, is a microcosm of voter deletions in informal settlements of Delhi. Besides snatching away their constitutional right, it...

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At Delhi’s Bela Estate, officials deleted 728 of 729 voters from the electoral rolls. The case points to a wider pattern across informal settlements, where voter deletions threaten people’s political rights and access to welfare, writes @dharspeaks questionofcities.org/the-del…
The Delhi Files: Informal settlements and voter deletions - Question of Cities

The Delhi Files: Informal settlements and voter deletions - Question of Cities

Bela Estate, where 728 of 729 voters were deleted from the electoral rolls, is a microcosm of voter deletions in informal settlements of Delhi. Besides snatching away their constitutional right, it...

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Voter deletions can mean more than losing the right to vote. In Delhi’s informal settlements, they can also affect access to rations, pensions and housing rehabilitation schemes that rely on voter cards and proof of residence, writes @dharspeaks questionofcities.org/the-del…
The Delhi Files: Informal settlements and voter deletions - Question of Cities

The Delhi Files: Informal settlements and voter deletions - Question of Cities

Bela Estate, where 728 of 729 voters were deleted from the electoral rolls, is a microcosm of voter deletions in informal settlements of Delhi. Besides snatching away their constitutional right, it...

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From Chilla Khadar to Madrasi Camp, reports from Delhi’s informal settlements reveal different forms of voter exclusion. The link between informality and voter deletions may be difficult to prove, but the pattern demands attention, writes @dharspeaks questionofcities.org/the-del…
The Delhi Files: Informal settlements and voter deletions - Question of Cities

The Delhi Files: Informal settlements and voter deletions - Question of Cities

Bela Estate, where 728 of 729 voters were deleted from the electoral rolls, is a microcosm of voter deletions in informal settlements of Delhi. Besides snatching away their constitutional right, it...

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The Brahmaputra Riverfront may look new, but the river’s relationship with the city runs much deeper. Purba Barua asks what this makeover leaves out: people’s access to it, and the ecological costs of reshaping the land-water relationship. questionofcities.org/brahmap…
Brahmaputra riverfront: Built as spectacle but for whom? - Question of Cities

Brahmaputra riverfront: Built as spectacle but for whom? - Question of Cities

In only six months from June to December last year, the 1.2-kilometre stretch of the river in Guwahati was turned into a beautified public space, replete with landscaped gardens, walkways, decorative...

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