Devikaa Nanda

9.9 Education | Alumna, @univofstandrews and @tsrs_online

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

Sharing photos from 2004-2022 of a green belt that runs along the road from #IffcoChowkStation to #HudaCityCentre. Degradation - Used as parking and a thoroughfare. At such a busy junction, the green belt must be revived.
@OfficialGMDA @mlkhattar @DC_Gurugram

++ pics in thread

[Shevantika Nanda @Shevantika]

@urbancompany_UC is there a way to talk to an actual human on your platform? I have an active ticket but your bot is not letting me type and is not resolving my issue.

[Suchet Vir Singh @suchetvirsingh]

Shadow Games

The hidden spectre of Russia and China in the West Asia conflict.

My latest👇🏽
https://t.co/rBQEBkx9dq

[Gaurav Gupta | ReraTracker @GauravGupta_RE]

High Court stays Gurgaon’s Stilt+4 policy over infra gaps

I know some of you won’t like this. But let me be honest with you.

Drive through any of sushant lok, any open huda sectors on a Sunday morning the quietest day of the week. Count how many seconds it takes before a car coming the other way forces one of you to reverse. That’s on a 12 metre road with 4.5 metres of actual motorable space left. Now imagine what it looks like on a Monday at 6pm!

Residents living here say plots meant for 4 families now have 16 families living in them. Population density in sectors went up by 4x. Sewage, water, parking none of it was built for this.

People came to Gurgaon to escape exactly this.
The narrow lanes. The extended porches eating into roads. The cars parked on both sides forcing you to fold your mirrors. The overflowing sewage every monsoon. Electricity that trips along with it the pressure in your water tap.

Gurgaon is seeing rapid builder-floor densification and with it, severe parking shortages, choked lanes and a spike in fights & accidents. We have seen this story unfold in Delhi, now we are watching it happen to Gurgaon sector by sector.

The problem is not the fourth floor. The problem is building the fourth floor on infrastructure designed for one.

In 2026, The Millennium City looks like one only in Gated Condos. Gurgaon was supposed to be different. Let’s keep it that way.

I say all of this knowing it’s deeply complex.
Because on the other side of this argument is another person, someone who bought his plot knowing Stilt+4 was allowed. Paid a higher price for that exact reason. Built his financial plan around those four floors. Some have already developed. Some are halfway through. Some were waiting.

Whatever the court decides, one section will walk away disappointed. One can only hope the majority ends up on the right side!

Next hearing: April 8

[Suchet Vir Singh @suchetvirsingh]

Iran's Drone Warfare: Asymmetric Economics & Implications for India

Iran’s low-cost kamikaze Shahed drones have added new asymmetric dimensions to modern warfare and its economics.

My latest:

(First attempt at a Substack, do read)

https://t.co/afkw4scU5f

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

It hasn’t stopped! Trees that were finally big and strong have once again been chopped in front oh Hamilton court. Have some shame @MunCorpGurugram @HsvpHaryana @OfficialGMDA and Gurgaon citizens wake up!!!

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

Shame on #Gurgaon authorities! Cutting trees in the name of #urbandevelopment Don’t know which one of you have done this and why you all can’t work together - this is urban UNdevelopment. @MunCorpGurugram @HsvpHaryana @OfficialGMDA
#treescut #roadwidening #deforestation

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@sripada101 @RShivshankar Yes of course.

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@MunCorpGurugram इन बंदरों को कहाँ रिलीज़ किया गया हैं? कृपया करके सिटीजंस जिनको जानवरों की फ़िकर हैं इनफार्म कीजिए।

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@AshishDuaINC @htTweets @Live_Hindustan And then they go about cutting trees ruthlessly!

https://t.co/drorV6WKaO

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

Shame on #Gurgaon authorities! Cutting trees in the name of #urbandevelopment Don’t know which one of you have done this and why you all can’t work together - this is urban UNdevelopment. @MunCorpGurugram @HsvpHaryana @OfficialGMDA
#treescut #roadwidening #deforestation

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@maverickone01 It’s shocking. I agree that we need pavements for pedestrians and last mile connectivity.. but the pavements will be used by hawkers, and cars will be parked along, and the remaining trees will be suffocated by concrete tiles. #savegurgaontrees

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

Shame on #Gurgaon authorities! Cutting trees in the name of #urbandevelopment Don’t know which one of you have done this and why you all can’t work together - this is urban UNdevelopment. @MunCorpGurugram @HsvpHaryana @OfficialGMDA
#treescut #roadwidening #deforestation

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@rasikachopra @OfficialGMDA @MunCorpGurugram It’s truly terrible how many trees have been cut. When the rest of the world is looking at afforestation, the authorities are busy chopping trees and the citizens busy bursting crackers.

https://t.co/drorV6WKaO

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

Shame on #Gurgaon authorities! Cutting trees in the name of #urbandevelopment Don’t know which one of you have done this and why you all can’t work together - this is urban UNdevelopment. @MunCorpGurugram @HsvpHaryana @OfficialGMDA
#treescut #roadwidening #deforestation

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@NaveenK16959726 @DC_Gurugram @Rao_InderjitS @RaoNarbir @MukeshSharmaGG @PradeepIAS_HR @PMOIndia @cmohry @MunCorpGurugram @ReporterNaughty @CPCB_OFFICIAL @ABPNews @BJP4Haryana @MathildeRa77404 @leenadhankhar @INCIndia @htTweets @mlkhattar @MoHUA_India @VipulGoelBJP @udaybiryadav @DevelopNewGgn वह पेड़ काटने में बिजी हैं

https://t.co/drorV6WKaO

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

Shame on #Gurgaon authorities! Cutting trees in the name of #urbandevelopment Don’t know which one of you have done this and why you all can’t work together - this is urban UNdevelopment. @MunCorpGurugram @HsvpHaryana @OfficialGMDA
#treescut #roadwidening #deforestation

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@SaurabhChawla10 @MunCorpGurugram @cmohry @PMOIndia Because they’re too busy chopping trees

https://t.co/drorV6WKaO

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

Shame on #Gurgaon authorities! Cutting trees in the name of #urbandevelopment Don’t know which one of you have done this and why you all can’t work together - this is urban UNdevelopment. @MunCorpGurugram @HsvpHaryana @OfficialGMDA
#treescut #roadwidening #deforestation

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@Outspoken_India @OfficialGMDA @MunCorpGurugram @DEEPAKKAHUJA They are ridiculous. If they planted trees instead of destroying them for pavements, this soil would have at least been held by tree roots.

https://t.co/drorV6WKaO

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

Shame on #Gurgaon authorities! Cutting trees in the name of #urbandevelopment Don’t know which one of you have done this and why you all can’t work together - this is urban UNdevelopment. @MunCorpGurugram @HsvpHaryana @OfficialGMDA
#treescut #roadwidening #deforestation

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@GauravS197678 @MunCorpGurugram @DC_Gurugram @DiprHaryana @cmohry And this road widening effort cutting trees senselessly is not helping

https://t.co/drorV6WKaO

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

Shame on #Gurgaon authorities! Cutting trees in the name of #urbandevelopment Don’t know which one of you have done this and why you all can’t work together - this is urban UNdevelopment. @MunCorpGurugram @HsvpHaryana @OfficialGMDA
#treescut #roadwidening #deforestation

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@Parikshit_Sriv9 @cmohry @PMOIndia @NayabSainiBJP @CPCB_OFFICIAL Look at the number of trees they have been cutting in the name of pavements which will be taken up by hawkers and the trees that have not been cut will have concrete tiles for their roots

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

Shame on #Gurgaon authorities! Cutting trees in the name of #urbandevelopment Don’t know which one of you have done this and why you all can’t work together - this is urban UNdevelopment. @MunCorpGurugram @HsvpHaryana @OfficialGMDA
#treescut #roadwidening #deforestation

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@striktlyfiction @theskindoctor13 And private shelters don’t get money from the govt. They run on donations from the animal welfare community. Why should they be paying for all street dogs when the govt is mandated to carry out these duties from taxes the animal welfare community and others are already paying?

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@striktlyfiction @theskindoctor13 There are no shelters. The shelters that exist are pounds which cannot house the dog population, so it isn’t a lovely life off the streets, away from the scorching heat. They won’t get meals and will be packed in like sardines.

[Devikaa Nanda @DevikaaN]

@JFAnimalWelfare @MCD_Delhi @BJP4India @BJP4Delhi @gupta_rekha Disgusting! The world is a scary place, if people will blindly follow orders and forget about morals and ethics. What have these harmless, voiceless dogs done!

[Vidit Sharma 🇮🇳 @TheViditsharma]

So many animal haters—especially dog haters—are surfacing lately.
And their classic comeback? “Apne ghar le jao.”
Without knowing a thing about animal behaviour, they simply vent their hatred.
It’s ignorance, not solution, that fuels this mindset.