Sharmila Chavaly

Sharmila Chavaly

Sharmila Chavaly, ex-senior civil servant, specialises in infra, project finance, and PPPs. She held key roles in railways and finance ministries.

How India’s Great Urban Decentralisation Experiment Has Stalled

India’s cities are trapped in a half-decentralised limbo. Powerless mayors, weak finances, and fragmented planning. Three decades after the 74th Amendment, the great urban reform experiment risks becoming a stillborn promise.

Sharmila Chavaly

August 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM IST

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Why India’s Infrastructure Is Breaking Before It’s Even Finished

India’s crumbling bridges and tunnels reflect systemic neglect, weak enforcement, and vanishing accountability. A national crisis is building, before the infrastructure does. 

Sharmila Chavaly

June 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM IST

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Why Infrastructure Is Facing Public Backlash Again

Poor planning, patchy communication, and weak execution are turning solid infrastructure policy into flashpoints of public anger.

Sharmila Chavaly

April 8, 2025 at 11:18 AM IST

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Electrifying India’s Ports For Cleaner Freight And Cleaner Air 

Subsidies for EVs are drying up. Nudging companies to spend CSR funds on freight electrification around major ports could fill the gap.

Sharmila Chavaly

February 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM IST

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