by abardondetena | May 30, 2021 | News, Public Health
Read the full interview here. Excerpt from Iñaki Alday’s interview on ArchDaily by Fabian Dejtiar: First, start by rethinking our footprint. In this sense, we have to stop expansion that generates more impermeable soil, forces more displacements, and increases... by abardondetena | Nov 2, 2017 | Public Health, Supplementary Drain, Urban Design
As a partially sewered metropolitan region, New Delhi faces a number of contamination threats. Sewage and stormwater share the same system of open + closed drains, leading to overflow during the monsoon season and pollution of rainwater reaching the Yamuna River. The... by abardondetena | Nov 28, 2016 | Delhi NCT, Public Health, Water Infrastructures
Delhi’s municipal drinking water comes from four main sources, including the Yamuna River. The water is treated at eight primary plants concentrated in the northeastern district of the city, near the water sources. Again, there exist intertwined problems of quality... by abardondetena | Nov 28, 2016 | Delhi NCT, Public Health, Urban Fabric
At 17 million, the current population has outgrown the existing infrastructure. By 2021 the population is expected to increase to 23 million. The areas east of the Yamuna River and west along the Najafgarh Drain have the highest population density. This trend in... by abardondetena | Nov 8, 2016 | Najafgarh Drain, Public Health, Urban Design
The current state of the Pankha Drain, located in Hastsal Village, is one that causes physical harm to the inhabitants surrounding it. To the east of the sewage filled drain, dangerous residential conditions and unmaintained infrastructure wreak havoc on the of the... 
