Tag: urbanisation in Delhi
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Delhi’s tryst with air pollution control
Every year Delhi skies are thick with smog during winters. As the governments, both Central and Union Territory, scramble to control the damage done over the past five years, now will be an excellent time to look at the most recent policy initiatives to assess their impact and effectiveness. We begin by analyzing Delhi Government’s…
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Rusting of a ‘migrant’ magnet: The severe ecological consequences of population influx on Delhi-NCR
By Shaunak Kishor Tapaskar, National Rail & Transportation Institute, Vadodara. Migration is considered as a prime feature of today’s globalized world. People migrate from their places of origin to aspire for a safe and better future. In India, especially in its National Capital Region (NCR), we come across a similar phenomenon. NCR is the world’s…