Why Indian Cities Suck (But No One

Cares) Sources
Introduction
● https://www.ndtv.com/mumbai-news/ghatkopar-hoarding-mumbai-billboard-tragedy-stuck
-under-killer-mumbai-billboard-people-honked-to-signal-theyre-alive-5675829
● https://kalingatv.com/movies/mumbai-billboard-collapse-kartik-aaryans-uncle-aunti-killed/
#google_vignette
● https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/mumbai-petrol-pump-on-which-hoarding-co
llapsed-did-not-have-civic-body-clearance/3490657/
● https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-billboard-collapse-first-red-flag-1
4-months-ago-no-action-9329288/
● https://www.narendramodi.in/text-of-pm-s-speech-at-inauguration-of-all-india-mayors-con
ference-558985
● https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/indians-lose-5-years-life-to-air-pollution-delhi-wo
rst-at-12-years-chicago-university-study/articleshow/103185605.cms

1. Lack of houses
● https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7832248/
● https://asteriskmag.com/issues/05/the-ruin-of-mumbai?utm_source=substack&utm_medi
um=email
● https://asteriskmag.com/media/pages/issues/05/the-ruin-of-mumbai/37d0a94d4c-170568
2189/data_web_7.svg
● https://content.knightfrank.com/research/2802/documents/en/india-real-estate-residential
-and-office-market-h2-2023-10856.pdf
● https://www.praja.org/praja_docs/praja_downloads/Report%20on%20The%20State%20
of%20Affordable%20Housing%20in%20Mumbai.pdf

1.1 Location
● https://www.udri.org/wp-content/uploads/Mumbai%20Reader/MR%208/06%20Mumbai%
20FSI%20conundrum%20The%20perfect%20storm.pdf
● https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hetu-Sheth/publication/312522307/figure/fig8/AS:66
8254834003969@1536335776046/Map-of-Mumbai-and-the-surrounding-region-showing
-the-major-geographic-geological-and.png

1.2 FSI
● https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/fsi-for-redevlpmt-raises-skyline-to-312m-
civic-infra-still-lagging/articleshow/101621673.cms
● https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/mumbais-dharavi-whats-life-like-in
-asias-largest-slum/articleshow/104286016.cms
 ● https://housystan.com/article/understanding-mumbai-s-floor-space-index-fsi-and-its-impa
ct-on-housing
● https://theprint.in/india/governance/fadnaviss-new-plan-for-mumbai-higher-construction-li
mit-housing-on-eco-sensitive-land/52765/
● https://asteriskmag.com/issues/05/the-ruin-of-mumbai?utm_source=substack&utm_medi
um=email
● https://worldpopulationreview.com/world-cities/mumbai-population
● https://www.udri.org/wp-content/uploads/Mumbai%20Reader/MR%208/06%20Mumbai%
20FSI%20conundrum%20The%20perfect%20storm.pdf
● https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/in-pictures-the-largest-cities-in-the-world

1.3 Incompetence of government authorities

● https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/dharavi-rehabilitation-project-mappi
ng-of-slum-cluster-in-heart-of-mumbai-to-begin-soon/article67749074.ece
● https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/trouble-for-dharavi-redevelopment-proj
ect-over-railway-land-ownership/articleshow/108002871.cms?from=mdr
● https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/state-falls-short-only-2-lakh-houses-built-out
-of-20-lakh-proposed-for-mumbais-slum-dwellers/article67698552.ece
● https://www.deccanherald.com/india/maharashtra/drppl-says-dharavi-redevelopment-proj
ect-awarded-to-adani-group-by-previous-mva-govt-in-open-bidding-2814223
● https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/construction/economic-sur
vey-says-not-many-people-are-taking-up-houses-in-mumbai/articleshow/62694225.cms?
from=mdr

1.4.1 Mumbai is an investment market

● https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/23-of-flats-in-navi-mumbai-lying-vacant/a
rticleshow/15266505.cms
● https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/a-mumbai-problem-many-vacant-houses
-many-homeless/story-Nl7ArLUosMTOTw3uNHkfkI.html
● https://asteriskmag.com/issues/05/the-ruin-of-mumbai?utm_source=substack&utm_medi
um=email

1.4.2 Maharashtra Rent control ACT

● https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/with-42-living-in-slums-virus-casts-long-s
hadow-across-mumbai/articleshow/75798141.cms
● https://scroll.in/article/802578/why-mumbai-needs-to-learn-rent-control-lessons-from-citie
s-around-the-world
● https://asteriskmag.com/issues/05/the-ruin-of-mumbai?utm_source=substack&utm_medi
um=email

2.1 Problem
● https://youtu.be/8bDTKtMw0yc?feature=shared&t=29
● https://ig.ft.com/india-pollution/
Causes
● https://nairobi.go.ke/download/nairobi-city-county-citizen-budget-fy-2023-2024/
● https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/bmc-presents-59-954-75-cr-budget
-with-focus-on-health-infra-cleanliness-101706863435085.html

1) The Indian Attitude

● https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210407-singapores-endless-pursuit-of-cleanliness
● https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/why-indian-cities-are-dirty-cleanliness-
pollution-swachha-bharat-abhiyaan-garbage-4861107/
● https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20191006-what-japan-can-teach-us-about-cleanliness
● https://youtu.be/tf1VA5jqmRo?si=L90kREB0k5CJsVsV&t=250
● https://youtu.be/tf1VA5jqmRo?si=MnJ9tJFtq5hjWgDQ&t=94
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf1VA5jqmRo&ab_channel=TEDxTalks

2.1) Lack of Political Will

● https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/as-delhi-struggles-to-breathe-aap-has-
offered-excuses-and-little-action-9025493/

2.2) Lack of Decentralization

● https://x.com/realpolity101/status/1769600242201006235
● Accelerating India's Development: A State-Led Roadmap for Effective Governance
eBook : Muralidharan, Karthik: Amazon.in: Books
● https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/why-are-indian-cities-so-dirty-1082307.html
● https://x.com/aye_kaash/status/1784548165523574876

3.1. Problem
● Bengaluru's economy suffering huge loss of Rs 20,000 crore anually due to traffic
congestion, reveals study - BusinessToday
● https://www.isec.ac.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/WP-485-Vijayalakshmi-and-Krishna-
Raj-Final.pdf
● https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/gokhale-bridge-barfiwala-flyover-misalign
ment-bmc-to-set-up-inquiry-to-find-out-what-led-to-mistake-9278690/
● https://www.livemint.com/news/india/bengaluru-wrestled-slow-traffic-to-reach-trevor-noah
s-now-cancelled-show-netizens-quipped-international-bezzati-11695829196288.html
● https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/bengaluru-drops-to-6th-place-in-2023-fr
om-2nd-place-in-2022-in-global-traffic-congestion-ranking/article67808306.ece
● https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/day-after-gokhale-bridge-opens-commut
ers-fret-over-its-non-alignment-with-barfiwala-flyover-9187190/
● https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/mumbai-news/key-andheri-connector-gokhale-bri
dge-to-be-shut-for-2-years-101667417011716.html

2. Mental health impact

● https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bengalurus-traffic-takes-a-deafening-
turn-for-the-worst/article67298875.ece
1. Governance problem
● https://www.thenewsminute.com/karnataka/bengaluru-worst-indian-city-urban-governanc
e-says-study-heres-why-77969
● https://prsindia.org/theprsblog/examining-urban-local-governance-in-india-through-the-ca
se-of-bengalurua?page=39&per-page=1

Solutions
● Accelerating India's Development: A State-Led Roadmap for Effective Governance
eBook : Muralidharan, Karthik: Amazon.in: Books