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What problems are increasing in Kanpur?

Every civic news report geolocated to Kanpur, classified into an open problem vocabulary, and trended as a share of the city's total coverage.

Summary

Road danger is Kanpur's clearest worsening civic problem. Accidents and road safety took a bigger slice of the city's news (up 8.6 points); authorities acted in just 2.5% of that coverage, and deaths featured in 36.9%. Vehicle crashes, traffic accidents and train derailments lead the specific increases.

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Full category ledger
CategoryNews ReportedShare Change (points)Action RateFatal Rate
Accidents Road Safety1,816+8.62.5%36.9%
Governance Policy1,051+2.92.1%2.1%
Public Safety403+1.71.0%11.4%
Infrastructure Utilities314+1.20.6%0.3%
Labor Employment39+0.30.0%0.0%
Legal Judicial252+0.229.4%0.0%
Disasters Emergencies136+0.12.9%27.2%
Terrorism Conflict100+0.030.0%29.0%
Human Rights Social48-0.12.1%8.3%
Missing Persons76-0.36.6%13.2%
Immigration Border34-0.423.5%0.0%
Environment Pollution316-0.93.2%0.3%
Elections Politics260-1.00.0%0.4%
Corruption Fraud879-1.218.4%1.3%
Public Health626-1.30.5%34.0%
Protest Civil Unrest462-1.64.5%8.0%
Policing Law Enforcement1,212-3.616.4%22.8%
Crime Violence4,977-4.526.9%20.7%
Rising sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Vehicle Crash64+1.65
Traffic Accident317+1.53
Train Derailment303+1.53
Vehicle Collision75+1.26
Suicide99+1.00
Train Accident103+0.77
Power Outage36+0.59
Assault496+0.58
Explosion23+0.54
Railway Accident32+0.45
Receding sub-problems
ProblemNews ReportedΔpp
Homicide1862-3.30
Tax Evasion130-1.38
Money Laundering202-1.36
Police Misconduct170-1.05
Rioting73-1.00
Fire Incident63-0.68
Coverage volume by year
2026: 94820172026948
Corroborated fatal events (≥3 news reports agreeing; conflicting tolls merged into a range, never summed)
Coverage MonthEvent TypeDeaths ReportedCorroborating News Reports
2017-01Train Derailment15037
2016-11Train Derailment146–14922

13,001 pieces of news reported · deaths shown only for corroborated events, never summed

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