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23 Apr 2021 The Danish Refugee Council and the Danish Demining Group (DRC-DDG) is an international non-profit, non-governmental organization operating in 35 countries. In late 2018, DRC-DDG undertook the identification of priority areas with the most acute needs from both mine action and livelihoods perspectives. From January 2020 onwards, with funding from the European Union Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (EU IcSP), DRC has been implementing an integrated project (“Revitalisi...

Work on reconstructing culverts moves at a snail’s pace Updated: Updated: Residents are forced to take detours along badly laid roads to reach their destinations Share Article AAA Work on the construction a culvert at Thillai Nagar First Cross in Tiruchi remains suspended for months, inconveniencing the public.   | Photo Credit: Moorthy_M Residents are forced to take detours along badly laid roads to reach their destinations The Tiruchi Corporation has been reconstructing culverts on Thillai...

By Soumyadip Chattopadhyay, Arjun Kumar* Twenty-first Century India is urbanizing at a massive scale. The country is expected to house half of its population in urban areas by the year 2040. Cities, especially the larger ones, have been placed at the centre of the economic growth strategies. However, the increasing pace of urbanisation in India has not been matched by adequate planning, governance and infrastructure development. The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic have further exposed the shor...

Chennai Corporation works out plan to revive Mambalam Canal Updated: Updated: December 28, 2020 02:46 IST The waterway will not only be a sewage-free flood-carrier, but will also be turned into an urban landscape with pedestrian pathways and parks Share Article AAA The waterway will not only be a sewage-free flood-carrier, but will also be turned into an urban landscape with pedestrian pathways and parks Once a rainwater carrier snaking through the heart of the city for nearly 6 km, the Mambal...