In India’s small and mid-sized cities, multi-level car parking (MLCP) projects are increasingly promoted to address growing parking pressures. Yet, most facilities remain underutilised, often lying vacant despite significant investment. This article examines the reasons behind this paradox, including behavioural preferences for on-street parking, accessibility challenges, safety concerns, and inadequate integration with broader urban mobility strategies. It explores how succe

As smog thickens and PM2.5 soars, small cities are gasping for breath, yet many remain invisible on pollution maps. In Nāgrika’s Climate Change Series, Part 4 unpacks how climate change fuels toxic air, why monitoring falls short, and what’s at stake when the country’s most polluted places go unnoticed in policy response.