Urban Voices
Urban Voices is a news and views platform dedicated to “cities for people”. Urban Voices raises issues, amplifies the voices and documents best practices on urban issues at local, state and national levels. The platform is dedicated to urban art to culture, mobility to design, transport to sanitation, planning to governance, and innovations to urban management initiatives.
the supreme court just made walking a fundamental right. can our cities build the footpaths to match?
New Delhi: A father held his five-year-old son’s hand and walked him to school. A tanker hit the boy from...
ai’s environmental bill is coming due, and will indian cities pay for it as india’s new destination for data centres?
A new United Nations University report quantifies what most AI conversations have left out: the carbon, water and land it...
urban redevelopment in gujarat: can ‘creative redevelopment’ reshape cities without pushing people out
Ahmedabad: 15 per cent of Gujarat's urban population lives in slums or dilapidated housing on 6 to 7 per cent...
urban flooding in gujarat: the disappearing lakes behind the crisis
Ahmedabad: A Haat in Bodakdev, where a lake used to be. A paved road in Mehsana that was a stream...
gujarat urban planning 2047: does the state have the planners to build the cities it wants?
Gujarat has declared 2025 the Year of Urban Development and aims for 70% urbanisation by 2047. But the state's own...
pm modi wants you on a public bus. but where are the public buses?
On May 10, 2026, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Indians to do something deceptively simple - take the bus. Speaking...
cityflo’s cofounder has a pitch for hr leaders: an employee perk that costs less than a gym membership
Mumbai, May 18, 2026: As geopolitical tremors push companies to rethink fuel use, work-from-home norms, and employee mobility, Cityflo cofounder...
gujarat’s gcci sustainability summit 2026 turns carbon emissions into a live scorecard for business events
Ahmedabad, May 15, 2026: What if every cup of coffee, every air-conditioned conference hall, and every kilometre travelled to an...
gcci’s sustainability summit 2026 puts gujarat’s green growth story in the spotlight
Ahmedabad, May 15, 2026: Can Gujarat become India’s model for sustainable industrial growth? The Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry...
gcci announces gujarat sustainability summit 2026 in ahmedabad
Ahmedabad | May 2026: As India races toward its climate and development goals, Gujarat is preparing to put sustainability at...