The COVID-19 pandemic has caused unprecedented stress on India’s urban public health infrastructure, underscoring the need for urban planning to account for increased demand for health amenities during crises. This paper evaluates the city of Mumbai’s 1991 and 2034 development plans and finds inherent infrastructural inadequacies. It calls on urban-policymakers to complement development plans with robust dynamic health strategies that consider technological advances and epidemiological changes. Public-private partnerships should be encouraged to overcome the challenges of funding and technology adoption in health planning.
Attribution: Sayli Udas-Mankikar, “Health Infrastructure Planning Amid COVID-19: The Case of Mumbai,”
ORF Issue Brief No. 435, January 2021, Observer Research Foundation.
Police men and women, along with municipal workers ensured humanitarian help and essential supplies were readily available during the Covid-19 lockdown
IndusInd Bank unveils a Zebu Bull sculpture at Worli
Posted On: 2021-01-10 04:47:14 (Time Zone: Arizona, USA)
IndusInd Bank in partnership with the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) and supported by the Hinduja Foundation, unveiled a majestic sculpture of its brand identity -The Zebu Bull at Rajni Patel Chowk, located in the central business district of Worli in Mumbai. The installation is part of MCGM s efforts at beautifying the city through public-private art initiatives.
The Zebu bull embodies the rich heritage of the ancient Indus Valley Civilization that represents a vibrant and progressive community which is synonymous with the city of Mumbai, and resonates the sense of positivity and undaunted spirit of its residents.
Mumbai remains bullish - gets another Bull on its landscape
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Quaid Najmi ( IANS) |
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Mumbai remains bullish âÃÂàgets another Bull on its landscape Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai remains bullish âÃÂàgets another Bull on its landscape Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai remains bullish âÃÂàgets another Bull on its landscape Image Source: IANS News
Mumbai, Jan 9 : Exactly 13 years after the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) erected a massive bronze sculpture of a charging bull outside its headquarters, the iconic Pheroze J. Jeejeebhoy Towers on Dalal Street on Saturday got another big bull.
This time, the image is of a ready-to-charge Zebu Bull , with a pair of long, piercing horns pointing to the sky, which has come up at the Rajni Patel Chowk in the financial hub of Worli.
Cities need to create a market for recycled water
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Before investing in large scale high-end recycling stations, pilot projects of recycling sewage must be undertaken. Also, drastic changes in tariff and bye-laws making recycled water mandatory for secondary use must be made
Recent news about Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai’s (MCGM’s) plan to establish seven massive sewage recycling plants/stations in Mumbai brings hope for changing the city’s sewage treatment situation. The cumulative sewage treatment capacity planned is 2,460 million litres per day (mld). The stringent recycling standards (10 mg/L for BOD) recently issued by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has put tremendous pressure on the Indian cities to develop the new sewerage infrastructure to meet these standards.