Rasheed Kappan

Stop statistical jugglery to mask declining forest cover. Monoculture and private plantations cannot be counted as forests, writes Rasheed Kappan.

India’s climate action transitioning to a fully green future might not be as fast as the global watchdogs dictated. But grim statistics from ground surveys send a warning sign so dire that there is no time to lose.

Costly upgrades of railway stations, fancy greenfield railway terminals, new Metro stations and other mega infrastructure projects are all taken up without aiding seamless multi-modal connectivity and ease of public access to these facilities, writes Rasheed Kappan.

The economies of scale might reduce the fares one day. But a long wait lies ahead, writes Rasheed Kappan

The booming aviation market has already pushed India to be the fourth largest in this sector after the United States, the United Kingdom and China. But many fear that if the infrastructure does not keep up, the projected gains could vanish.

What mitigation measures are being tried out to arrest the rising conflicts? What about the governments? Are their policies based on verifiable data and reality checks? Rasheed Kappan writes for The Probe.

In 2021, 1.55 lakh lives were lost in road crashes in India. That amounts to an average of 426 accidents every day. This is a record, unprecedented in scale, unpardonable in an era when sound road and vehicular design, stringent law enforcement and technology could smartly arrest the dangerous slide.

One of the world’s ‘hottest’ biodiversity hotspots, the Western Ghats, is in dire straits yet again. Rasheed Kappan explains why the threat is massive this time around.

To accelerate the pace of the suburban rail project which Bengalureans have been awaiting for close to four decades, the state Chief Minister and Chief Secretary should take charge and stick to the 40-month deadline fixed by the Prime Minister, writes Rasheed Kappan