In Mumbai’s Malad West, a 30-year-old labourer died after falling from the 20th floor of an under-construction building. According to police, the fall likely involved poor lighting and inadequate safety measures near the elevator shaft, and a negligence case has been registered against the contractor, site supervisor, and safety supervisor. It is a short report, […]
There is a version of infrastructure progress that looks good from a distance. Pillars rise, corridors take shape, and cities begin to imagine a better commute. But on the ground, progress can feel very different when the route to that future starts becoming unsafe in the present. That is what is unfolding in parts of […]
India’s construction sites have more safety paperwork than ever. They also have more fatalities than ever. At some point, you must ask whether the two things are connected. There is a document on almost every large construction site in India that is, depending on who you ask, either the most important piece of paper on the project or a […]
Record budgets. World-class ambitions. And a safety crisis so normalised, nobody even flinches anymore. Can we be honest for a minute? India is building 28 kilometres of highway every single day. New airports are opening faster than most countries build bus stops. ₹11 lakh crore in infrastructure spending, announced in a single budget, like it […]
