It took just one day of rainfall to wash away the lofty claims of urban transformation in Srinagar. Streets submerged, markets paralysed, and pedestrians wading through knee-deep water — this was the scene in a city that aspires to be counted among India’s Smart Cities. The waterlogging that gripped Srinagar after a brief downpour is … Continue reading Drenched Dreams: How Waterlogging Exposes the Cracks in Srinagar’s ‘Smart City’ Claims