Mahatma Gandhi considered sanitation and the condition of toilets to be a crucial part of personal and public hygiene, social...

There are two possibilities as an urban planner when you look at your home towns. One is to be an...

In Odisha, urban areas are expanding rapidly, or rural areas are merging fast into nearest urban areas by forming conurbation,...

Both Hiroshima and Bhubaneswar have marked 75 years since landmark events that deeply shaped their identities. Hiroshima, devastated by the...

Today Is World Nature Conservation Day; the day acknowledges that the foundation for a healthy society is a healthy environment....

Today, more than half of the world’s population of over 4 billion people lives in cities. This shift is set...

Walking and cycling are foundational modes of transport and physical activity with the power to transform health, mobility, and the...

Bhubaneswar was no different from any of the other heritage cities in India, which are visited by millions of pilgrims...

Historically, Bhubaneswar has challenges to balance dense urban growth with the need for accessible heritage. The city introduced zoning incentives,...

It’s one of the most frequently asked and open-ended questions -- why is Bhubaneswar not regarded among great cities that...