Last week when rains lashed the valley and a flood threat reared its head once again, some enduring questions about city planning surfaced up again. These questions attained stridency in a particular context; this context is layered. It has a layer one can call as administrative failure. Those who executed a plan under Smart City Mission must face the strident questions that were raised and will continue to be asked on how they played with the natural scheme of things that gives a city its particular personality. It also has a layer related to city........

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