Municipalities need to be empowered: Urban planning expert

Devashish Dhar, an urban planner and ex-public policy specialist at Niti aayog, says failure to preserve natural water bodies, concretisation, as well as poor drainage system are causing massive flooding in major cities like Delhi

Life in choppy waters

Whatever they saved over the years through perseverance and hard labour was washed away in an instant, say flood-affected people

Refugees left in lurch

People living in refugee camps believe that they are being neglected during the ongoing flood and are being ignored

IMD predicts moderate rain in Delhi

The weather department has issued a 'yellow' alert for rains in the national capital, which is facing unprecedented flooding due to the Yamuna in the city

Hopes submerged 

The misery of those living on the margins in flood-affected parts of the Capital have been compounded by the floods

Deer-est no more

The decision to relocate Deer from the park leaves visitors concerned

It’s pouring misery

Rains in the Capital have inconvenienced many but the marginalised, especially those whose houses were demolished recently, are the worst affected

Yamuna water level breaks all time high record, CM Kejriwal calls emergency meet

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal called an emergency meeting on Wednesday as the Yamuna water level breached the mark of 1978 triggering major flood alert