A Guardian dispatch examines urban safety after a building collapse in Delhi. It considers the pressures created by rising city populations and the everyday hazards residents encounter around construction sites.
The report combines a recent incident with a first-person account of unsafe infrastructure. Read the original dispatch for its reporting and wider local context.
Safety beyond the skyline
The Delhi collapse has brought attention back to the condition of everyday urban infrastructure. The dispatch also describes hazards around active construction in Mumbai. These are different situations, but both put the street-level experience of residents at the centre of the debate: expanding a city means little if the routes people use each day remain unsafe.
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