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Shivani Singh

Shivani Singh

Shivani Singh heads the urban affairs vertical for Hindustan Times. A journalist for over 25 years, she writes about cities and urban concerns.

Articles by Shivani Singh

Why India’s cities are feeling hotter even after monsoon arrives

New Delhi, Jul 05 (ANI): A man holding umbrella walks on a zebra crossing amid rain, in New Delhi on Sunday. (ANI Photo/Jitender Gupta)

Updated on Jul 6, 2026 06:06 IST

When home becomes the frontline

With heavy bombing in Gaza, there is a lot of rubble -- by some estimates, 39 million tonnes -- and dead bodies buried under it. (AP)

Updated on Jun 6, 2026 08:14 IST

40% of world population affected by housing crisis: UN report

Housing prices have risen faster than incomes globally. (@WUF13Azerbaijan)

Updated on May 20, 2026 08:41 IST

'For good governance, we need to rethink free public services'

In an interview with HT, he cautioned against the trend of providing free public services and stressed the need to build the capacity of urban local bodies to generate revenue to pay their share of centrally sponsored schemes. (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Feb 28, 2026 24:58 IST

There’s a lot from urban India that can be shared with the world: UN-Habitat head

Anacláudia Rossbach feels there should be better urban planning for cities. (United Nations Information Centre, New Delhi)

Updated on Feb 25, 2026 05:38 IST

Only tough, long-term policies can unclog Delhi roads, clean up air: OP Agarwal

Principal author of the National Urban Transport Policy-2006 OP Agarwal

Updated on Jan 24, 2026 09:13 IST

Central business districts: No longer central in the scheme of things

There is a significant shift from Nariman Point (above) to BKC and Andheri, with Thane and Navi Mumbai in the periphery, where occupiers get modern infrastructure, better scalability, and competitive rents. (Hindustan Times)

Updated on Dec 29, 2025 24:04 IST

From centre of sway to ceremonial head: Unmaking of India’s mayors

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has been among the political stalwarts who have occupied the mayor's post in erstwhile Calcutta

Updated on Nov 6, 2025 20:21 IST

Chipping away at the mountain of trash

In Bengaluru, India’s IT hub, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, the founder of Biocon and a city resident, renewed the debate about garbage mismanagement with her viral post on X. (HT Archive)

Updated on Oct 1, 2025 13:04 IST

No easy fix to urban flooding

Several places in Gurugram reported waterlogging issues as well as heavy rain pounded Delhi-NCR overnight.

Updated on Jul 21, 2025 02:43 IST

A long way to reclaim streets for pedestrians

Parked two-wheelers block a footpath near the BMC headquarters in Mumbai. (HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 7, 2025 01:40 IST

Women pedal their way to freedom

Marina Bibi Sheikh works as a cook in Gurugram. She uses a cycle to commute between houses in upscale DLF Phase-5, saving on transport costs. (Parveen Kumar/HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 27, 2025 23:42 IST

India has unbelievable diversity of cities, says Nadia Verjee of Expo City Dubai

Nadia Verjee, executive director, Expo City Dubai.

Updated on Mar 23, 2025 14:28 IST

Early to policy drawing board, Kerala readies plans for rapid urban growth

According to the 2011 census, 47.7% of Kerala’s population lived in urban areas, making it one of India’s most urbanised states after Goa, Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra. ht archive (File photo)

Updated on Jan 2, 2025 02:48 IST

How Kerala, with distinct rural-urban continuum, readies rapid growth plans

A light show organised by the Kerala Tourism ahead of the New Year, at Mananchira Square in Kozhikode. (PTI)

Updated on Dec 30, 2024 12:26 IST

In climate forums, the focus should shift from negotiation to implementation

Mark Watts, the executive director of C40 Cities (c40.org)

Updated on Dec 10, 2024 11:19 IST

Tall dreams meet ground realities

The much-awaited Mumbai projects include the super-tall 320-metre Palais Royale at Worli, which will have its first habitable floor at 82.5 metres. (Raju Shinde/HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 9, 2024 24:30 IST

Why cities need action plans to cope with muggier, hotter monsoons

Administrative policies are yet to recognise the combined effects of heat and humidity on human health. (Sanjeev Verma/HT Photo)

Updated on Sep 22, 2024 16:31 IST

India set the international best practice for driving electrification of buses: ICCT

Kodjak said India has one of the world’s largest markets and a substantial manufacturing base for motor vehicles. (HT photo)

Updated on Aug 28, 2024 09:55 IST

Answer is not in Metro or BRT alone but multimodal system: Former Bogota mayor

Claudia Lopez was first elected woman and first openly LGBTQ+ mayor of Colombia’s capital Bogota (Mayor’s Office of Bogota/Sourced Photo)

Updated on Aug 10, 2024 12:26 IST

Climate-proofing cities: Will Mumbai pilot offer lessons?

Heavy rainfall waterlogged parts of the national capital last month. (Arvind Yadav/HT Photo)

Updated on Jul 7, 2024 15:55 IST

Urban planning must focus on land for public purposes: Author Vidyadhar Phatak

Vidyadhar Phatak has boldly questioned the axioms of a good city in his new book, Planning for India’s Urbanisation. (HT photo sourced)

Updated on May 22, 2024 07:08 IST

Learning the way of the water holds the key to decluttering city traffic

The Kochi water metro (Twitter/CMOKerala)

Updated on Apr 17, 2024 06:08 IST

Contrary to popular narrative, India not urbanising rapidly: OP Mathur

Om Prakash Mathur is Visiting Senior Fellow, Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) Research Foundation and Senior Fellow, Global Cities Institute, University of Toronto. (HT Photo)

Updated on Apr 6, 2024 17:23 IST

We can’t air-condition our way out of global heating problem: UN heat officer

Eleni Myrivili, the first global chief heat officer for the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) and senior advisor to the US-based Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Centre. (HT)

Updated on Feb 26, 2024 24:26 IST

‘BRT works when it provides efficient service and end-to-end connectivity’

Delhi dismantled its lone BRT corridor in 2016. (HT Archive)

Updated on Jan 14, 2024 12:15 IST

‘Cities at centre of climate discussion for first time’

Shruti Narayan, regional director, South and West Asia, at C40 Cities. (HT Photo)

Updated on Dec 24, 2023 17:20 IST

‘Easiest way to control urban flooding is giving water more space’: Prof

Parts of Delhi were flooded this monsoon, with the Yamuna forcefully reclaiming some of the territory it lost to hyper-urbanisation. (HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 29, 2023 19:23 IST

Cities must transform to gain from reform push, finds report

Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri launching the ASICS report in Delhi on Tuesday. (Sanchit Khanna/HT Photo)

Updated on Oct 18, 2023 24:00 IST

India is urbanising faster than the cities can catch up: Janaagraha ASICS report

Commuters rush towards the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) train station at dusk in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday (Bloomberg File)

Updated on Oct 17, 2023 16:02 IST

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