Sugandh Sharma

By Col Sugandh Sharma (Retd) Isn’t it painful to see that until a few days before the monsoons, Dehradun was grappling with water shortage, and immediately upon the onset of monsoons, citizens find themselves submerged in accumulated water. Such a thing should not happen in a town that has been receiving monsoons for centuries, has a sufficient slope, adequate seasonal rivers as well as nalas for drainage and is blessed with a reasonable amount of vegetation.

By Col Sugandh Sharma (Retd) The recent development of highways leading to Dehradun as well as the near completion of elevated road into the city will only increase the influx of traffic into the town which is already grappling with its own traffic congestion. So, are there no solutions? Well, if we the citizens and the government, predominantly the local government, decide to do something about it, solutions very much exist, some immediate and some which may take some time.

By Col Sugandh Sharma (Retd) The residents of Doon face rising temperatures these days which are very easy to blame on global warming but how have we, the government as well as the citizens contributed to it, and is there something that we can do about it? In the development plan the largest chunk of Doon is classified as a mixed area and extremely small pockets are classified as exclusively residential, institutional or commercial areas.