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Over 500 left homeless in Kolkata winter after consecutive fires in slums

Hundreds of slum and shanty residents in multiple areas of Kolkata have been rendered homeless in winter following consecutive fires last week. On the night of December 21, a massive blaze reduced nearly 50 shanties to ashes in a slum adjoining the railway tracks under Durgapur bridge in Kolkata’s New Alipore. Two days later, on Monday, as the survivors were …

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1 week, 2 days ago

BJP believes in improving, not dismantling slums: Bidhuri

The Hindu

i The Delhi unit of BJP on Sunday said it believes “in improving, not dismantling,” the jhuggi clusters in the city and would create a separate government department for slums’ maintenance if voted to power in the upcoming Delhi Assembly poll. “Our upcoming government will create a separate department to ensure cleanliness in the Jhuggi settlements,” BJP South Delhi MP …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

DDA approves major overhaul in slum redevelopment policy

The Hindu

The Delhi Development Authority on Thursday approved a slew of major changes in its policy for the redevelopment of slums under its ‘Jahan Jhuggi, Wahin Makan’ scheme, giving a boost to the in-situ rehabilitation of their residents. The move came a day after Mr. Saxena ordered the DDA to dispose of within a month pending applications for the registration of …

Dda

1 month, 1 week ago

Maharashtra polls: In Mumbai, slums are most sought after but least benefitted

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: It is a well-documented fact that half the city’s population of 21.6 million live in slums which form a lucrative vote bank. Mumtaz Shaikh, a social worker from Anushaktinagar constituency, said, “During the last election, we were promised water connections within 100 days, but nobody has seen a single drop of water.” Issues facing Mumbai’s slum communities extend beyond …

Water Residents Lack Resident 2019 Area Promises

4 months, 2 weeks ago

Mobile Eye Health Van launched for the slums of Bengaluru

The Hindu

Sightsavers India has recently received a donation of a Mobile Eye Health Van from Alcon, to provide access to eye care to the slum dwellers of urban Bengaluru. The initiative aims to provide quality eye care services to approximately 7000 people in these underserved areas. The initiative will address the significant barriers faced by individuals living in low-income areas in …

India Eye Care Including Mobile Eye

9 months, 2 weeks ago

MMRDA-SRA team up to redevelop 15,000 slums in Ghatkopar

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority plans to expedite slum redevelopment projects in Mumbai. In a meeting held in Mantralaya on Tuesday, led by chief minister Eknath Shinde, the body decided to partner with the Slum Redevelopment Authority to jointly redevelop around 15,000 tenements in Mata Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar and Kamraj Nagar, both in Ghatkopar East. HT Image Additionally, …

Mumbai Project Thane Ghatkopar Slum Mmrda Redevelop

1 year ago

Juhu building shares water with neighbours

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: On Monday and Tuesday, when much of the western suburbs was in the throes of a water crisis owing to damage to the water pipeline in Andheri east, the residents of Sagar Sameep building in Juhu transformed into saviours. Juhu building shares water with neighbours “We got a trickle of water on Saturday, none on Sunday, and then utterly …

Water Building Residents Juhu Shetty Slum

1 year, 1 month ago

Karwan: Slum-dwellers Want Govt Educational Institutions and Hospital

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Thousands of residents who have been born in the localities and nine slums in Karwan Assembly lament that they have remained perennially neglected. Most of the residents living in slums are auto drivers, painters or fruit vendors, who cannot provide education to their children as only private educational institutes function in their surroundings. “We have been requesting the government …

Hospital

1 year, 7 months ago

WATCH | My priority will be building houses for people still living in slums: Uday Garudachar

The Hindu

Chickpet in Bengaluru is a diverse constituency, comprising elite and upper middle class pockets as well as lower-middle class areas with a large population of slum dwellers. Although a challenge, the needs of everyone were successfully met during his tenure, but more things remain to be done, says Uday Garudachar, the MLA of Chickpet constituency. Excerpts from an interview with …

Chickpet

1 year, 8 months ago

Why slum dwellers in Bangladesh have got a reason to smile

India Today

Yasmin has spent over two decades with her husband and children in a slum. Yasmin is now in a multi-storied building with modern facilities - in a building constructed by Sheikh Hasina's government for the slum dwellers. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina gave this opportunity to the slum dwellers,” Rehana said. These buildings for slum dwellers in Dhaka are a unique …

Environment Bangladesh Slum Dwellers Project Sheikh Hasina Dhaka Yasmin

1 year, 11 months ago

AAP MLAs stage dharna outside BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri's residence over demolition of slums in South Delhi

India Today

Aam Aadmi Party MLAs, along with slum dwellers, staged a dharna outside Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s residence on Lodhi Road in New Delhi on Saturday. The protesters included AAP MLAs Atishi, Madan Lal, Katar Singh Tanwar and Sahiram Pahalwan, who opposed the demolition of slums in South Delhi neighbourhoods such as Tughlaqabad. The slum dwellers staged a dharna …

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1 year, 11 months ago

SRA proposes free of cost homes to upper-floor residents

Hindustan Times

Mumbai: Residents of the many multi-storeyed slums and chawls dotting the city and suburbs have reason to rejoice as the Slum Rehabilitation Authority has proposed to the state government homes free of cost in slum rehabilitation projects to those living on upper floors of such structures. SRA had proposed free of cost homes for residents on the upper floors of …

Homes Rehabilitation Cost Free Living Sra Shetty

2 years ago

Mint Explainer: Dharavi, the big test for Adani and Mumbai

Live Mint

In the heart of Mumbai lies Dharavi, Asia's largest slum hosting thousands of small businesses and hundreds of thousands of people over more than 600 acres. Dharavi’s small businesses will stay Many slums have almost become a permanent feature of Mumbai’s landscape, spawning mini business ecosystems. Dharavi: The big test for Gautam Adani With a net worth of over $150 …

India World Urban World Bank Project Group Gautam Adani

2 years, 5 months ago

Delhi govt to facilitate RWA-like bodies for slums

Hindustan Times

New Delhi: The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Body, the Delhi government’s slum management agency, is planning to facilitate formation of residents bodies in the jhuggi jhopri clusters across the city to coordinate efforts aimed at addressing various civic problems such as cleaning of community toilet, cleaning of drains, sweeping of streets and management of community water points, DUSIB officials aware …

Delhi Plan Residents Mahesh Rwa Slum Slums

2 years, 5 months ago

People do not stay in slums out of choice: Delhi HC

The Hindu

The Delhi High Court directed relocation of five slum dwellers who were shifted from Shahid Basti jhuggi in Nabi Karim to Lahori Gate side at the time of the expansion of the New Delhi railway station. Justice C. Hari Shankar said the five slum dwellers would present themselves before the officer concerned of the Indian Railways with all documents in …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Hyderabad slums deteriorate, turn into open toilets

Deccan Chronicle

HYDERABAD: Children and men are spotted defecating openly, majorly outside slums, oblivious of the fact that they are spreading diseases like typhoid, dengue and malaria. In a way, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has to be blamed because it has not built public toilets or provided basic amenities in a majority of slum areas. Though the civic body attained open …

Public Toilets Slum

2 years, 8 months ago

Supreme Court stays proposed demolition of slums in Delhi's Sarojini Nagar, asks Centre not to take coercive action

India Today

In a big relief to jhuggi dwellers from Sarojini Nagar in New Delhi, the Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre not to take any coercive steps to evict them. A bench led by Justice K M Joseph and Justice Hrishikesh Roy issued notice to the Centre and slated the hearing for next Monday. Read | Jahangirpuri demolition: Our peace …

Court Centre Sarojini Nagar

2 years, 9 months ago

SRA await state government approval for new development policy

Hindustan Times

PUNE The Pune Slum Rehabilitation Authority which had initiated a survey of the Patil Estate slums at Shivajinagar in October 2021, is still waiting for the state government approval on the new development policy to implement the redevelopment project. The Pune Slum Rehabilitation Authority which had initiated a survey of the Patil Estate slums at Shivajinagar in October 2021, is …

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3 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court asks Haryana to evict residents of Aravalli slums

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Haryana government to evict thousands of slum-dwellers encroaching on Aravalli forest land in Faridabad district and clear all encroachments by July 19. But the court, unconvinced, said the petitioners “missed the bus” by doing nothing to produce the documents in the year since the demolition drive was notified by the corporation in February …

Court Haryana Land Demolition Faridabad Forest Bench

3 years, 9 months ago

Neighbour’s religion can influence voting in slums

Live Mint

Despite all their poverty, slums are diverse places, with people from different regions, religions and castes living in close proximity. Leaders in these slums exercise patronage politics, promising people of the same religion public services in return for votes. Living close to people from other religions lets one witness patronage politics in action. This makes people with neighbours from other …

Religion Neighbours

4 years, 3 months ago

Won't Let Slum Dwellers Be Displaced, Will Work with Centre to Provide Them Houses: Delhi CM

News 18

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he would not let dwellers of slums encroaching on railway land in Delhi be displaced and his government will work with the Centre to provide houses to them. The Supreme court had on August 31 ordered removal of 48,000 slum dwellings along the railway tracks in Delhi within three months. I assure …

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4 years, 3 months ago

Railways Filed Affidavit in SC That Slums Along Delhi's Rail Tracks Hindering Centre's Clean Drive: AAP

News 18

The AAP on Friday claimed that the railways filed an affidavit in Supreme Court that 48,000 jhuggis’ adjacent to rail tracks were hindering the cleanliness process by the Centre, following which the apex court ordered their demolition. Calling the affidavit “irrefutable evidence” that showed the real wish of the BJP-led Centre, AAP spokesperson Raghav Chadha said it exposed the mentality …

Delhi Supreme Court Court Centre Rail Chadha Slum

4 years, 3 months ago

INC's Ajay Maken Moves SC Against Order To Demolish 48,000 Jhuggis Without Provisions To Rehabilitate 2.4 Lakh Affected Dwellers [Read Application]

Live Law

Former Union Minister and Congress Leader Ajay Maken has moved Supreme Court challenging its recent Order directing the removal of about 48,000 jhuggis from near railway tracks in Delhi. "…various policies of the Government of India and that of Government of NCT of Delhi providing for prior rehabilitation/ relocation of slums dwellers, survey of the affected population are neither being …

Delhi Court Order Maken Slum Dwellers Jhuggis

4 years, 6 months ago

Covid-19: Formalise urban slums for long-term resilience

Hindustan Times

Urban areas across the developing world are characterised by an underbelly of shanty towns, slums, and other forms of informal settlements. The 2011 Census recorded 65 million slum dwellers, of which one-third resided in slums that did not exist on any government record The poor housing conditions within informal settlements make them a hotspot for the spread of the pandemic …

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Over 500 left homeless in Kolkata winter after consecutive fires in slums

BJP believes in improving, not dismantling slums: Bidhuri

DDA approves major overhaul in slum redevelopment policy

Maharashtra polls: In Mumbai, slums are most sought after but least benefitted

Mobile Eye Health Van launched for the slums of Bengaluru

MMRDA-SRA team up to redevelop 15,000 slums in Ghatkopar

Juhu building shares water with neighbours

Karwan: Slum-dwellers Want Govt Educational Institutions and Hospital

WATCH | My priority will be building houses for people still living in slums: Uday Garudachar

Why slum dwellers in Bangladesh have got a reason to smile

AAP MLAs stage dharna outside BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri's residence over demolition of slums in South Delhi

SRA proposes free of cost homes to upper-floor residents

Mint Explainer: Dharavi, the big test for Adani and Mumbai

Delhi govt to facilitate RWA-like bodies for slums

People do not stay in slums out of choice: Delhi HC

Hyderabad slums deteriorate, turn into open toilets

Supreme Court stays proposed demolition of slums in Delhi's Sarojini Nagar, asks Centre not to take coercive action

SRA await state government approval for new development policy

Supreme Court asks Haryana to evict residents of Aravalli slums

Neighbour’s religion can influence voting in slums

Won't Let Slum Dwellers Be Displaced, Will Work with Centre to Provide Them Houses: Delhi CM

Railways Filed Affidavit in SC That Slums Along Delhi's Rail Tracks Hindering Centre's Clean Drive: AAP

INC's Ajay Maken Moves SC Against Order To Demolish 48,000 Jhuggis Without Provisions To Rehabilitate 2.4 Lakh Affected Dwellers [Read Application]

Covid-19: Formalise urban slums for long-term resilience