Choked cities go under
(WorldNews India)

Rains that should help address water crisis and revive dying rivers are wreaking our poorly planned cities like never before. DNA examines how overwhelmed drainage, rapid concretisation, vanishing water bodies and green spaces are causing urban sprawls to sink, monsoon after monsoon In his college days, Suneel Singh romanticised with the calls of "a particular bird" that signalled joy — the monsoon was coming. "We couldn't wait to go out and get drenched," recalls the 45-year-old teacher. Baarish always influenced and inspired music, movies, art and literature. This was then. Now, it also evokes a sinking feeling. "Low-lying areas in Mumbai faced...