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1. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Hridayesh Joshi

   Gurugram is actually drowning in its own real estate boom (opens the original)

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   Nearly 75 percent of the city’s stormwater drains and a third of its ponds seem to have vanished under concrete. What’s left is a ‘Millennium City’ that can’t survive an afternoon of rain. After heavy rain on Monday, Gurugram – Delhi’s neighbour and India’s “millennium city” – was thrown into chaos. Waterlogged roads caused traffic jams that lasted hours, and vehicles, including cars, buses, autos and two-wheelers, were submerged. Social media filled with images of flooded

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2. Article · Aug 4, 2026 · Hridayesh Joshi

   One year after Dharali: The growing cost of building in a fragile Himalaya (opens the original)

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   One year after the Dharali disaster, many families are still rebuilding. Newslaundry reports from the village to understand why climate-linked disasters across the Himalaya are becoming more frequent and destructive. A year after the Dharali disaster, the reconstructed road leading to Gangotri has been shifted a few metres away from the banks of the Bhagirathi river. The market, once bustling with tourists during the yatra season, now wears a lifeless look. Most shops and houses still remain bur

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