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Explainer: National Time Use Survey Data 2024
The National Time Use Survey (TUS) is a periodic survey conducted across the country by the National Statistics and Surveys Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI), Government of India. The most recent… Continue reading
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State of Under Construction Road Works in Bengaluru – 2025
A week back, OpenCity conducted a survey to crowd-source all the under construction road projects in Bengaluru. The goal was to first see how many such projects are lying around in the city and then… Continue reading
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State of Groundwater Usage in Indian Cities in 2024
The “National Compilation of Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India” is an annual report published by the Central Ground Water Board under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. The latest report, for 2024… Continue reading
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Indian Roads Continue to be Deadly with Pedestrians Paying the Price
India recorded 1,75,142 road crash deaths in 2024, the highest in a decade and nearly 18% more than in 2015. While the number of deaths has been increasing, the number of road crashes has remained… Continue reading
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Suicides in 2024: Numbers Stabilising in India but Cities Remain a Concern
Analysis of suicides in India in 2024 in terms of gender and age with a special focus on metro cities – Delhi and Bengaluru. Continue reading
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Beyond Bus Lanes: Understanding the Story of BRTS in India
Over the past two decades, multiple Indian cities experimented with Bus Rapid Transit Systems (BRTS) as a way to improve urban public transport through dedicated bus corridors and more reliable bus operations. As of May… Continue reading
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Explainer: Bengaluru Elevated Corridors – 2026
The Greater Bengaluru Corporation through its infrastructure arm – BSMILE – floated tenders to construct nine flyovers or elevated corridors across the city. These nine flyovers range from a length of a few hundred meters… Continue reading
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How Data Centres Are Drawing on Bengaluru’s Groundwater
Can Bengaluru Survive Its Data Centre Boom? Many of India’s metro cities face some type of water stress every year. Bengaluru might be the biggest victim to water stress. Due to the city’s landlocked location,… Continue reading
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Bengaluru Stormwater Drains Datajam – May 2026
The Bengaluru Stormwater drains datajam was conducted on the 23rd May 2026 in collaboration with MOD Foundation, WELL Labs, Biome Trust and Sponge Collaborative. It was part of the Building a Resilient Bengaluru Initiative supported… Continue reading
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Visualising Bengaluru’s Budget & Where GBA’s Money Flows
Ashutosh Shukla analyses visually the money flow, from income to expenditure for the five corporations in the Greater Bengaluru Authority area, Continue reading
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Masterplan Viewer for Indian Cities
Varun Phadke has developed a web app called masterplan viewer where you can overlay the masterplans for 27 different cities or regions. Continue reading
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PLFS 2025 – The Missing Half of the Workforce in Indian Cities
Analysis of Periodic Labour Force Survey 2025 concentrating on labour force participation in the eight major cities of India. Continue reading
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Analysis: GCC Budget 2026-27
Analysis of Greater Chennai Corporation budget for 2026-27. Continue reading
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Chennai Constituencies Tables
Data tabels for parameters like health and education for Chennai district constituencies. Continue reading
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Analysis: GBA Budgets 2026-27
Analysis of the Budgets of the five corporations under GBA, looking at income, expenditure and historic trends. Continue reading
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