CM Rekha Gupta said, "No slum will be demolished without first providing permanent housing to its residents. FIRs will be filed, and strict action will be taken against those spreading false ...

A week after a fire ravaged 19 houses in a slum in Sathyamoorthy Nagar in Chennai’s Vyasarpadi, the affected residents allege that the government has washed it hands off by paying them a ...

No Slum Will Be Demolished In Delhi, Says Chief Minister Rekha Gupta The government has a budget of Rs 700 crores to build drains, toilets, bathrooms and parks for children in slums, said Rekha ...

‘No slum settlement is going to be demolished’ says Delhi CM Rekha Gupta "The government is working in the interest of the people, in the interest of the slum dwellers" said the CM bashing ...

Around 16.4 million people – 8 per cent of the population – in Brazil live in its storied favelas. In Mumbai, nearly half of the city’s estimated 12 million residents live in slums -- 24 per cent of ...

“Kainaattugalukku pirandha kaiyezhuthukkal naangal (We are signatures born to thumbprints),“ says Sarath Kumar, 30, a first-generation graduate. He is one of the founding members of Vyasai Thozhargal, ...

There are 486 slum pockets in the city, housing about 1,66,000 structures and around 8,72,000 people. Out of these, 216 were officially declared, while 270 remain undeclared.

The last comprehensive slum census in India was conducted in 2011. It showed 65 million people lived in slums across urban areas.

The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) lists roughly 1,700 ongoing rehabilitation projects, with over 500 believed to be stuck at various stages of development, as per industry estimates.

The World’s Largest Slums – Orangi Town, Pakistan In 2016, a report by the World Economic Forum reported that Dharavi in India was one of the largest slums in the world. Another major slum ...

Slum Village stood out among Hip-Hop groups due to their ability to adapt to new lineups. Founding member T3 and his rap partner Young RJ reflected on the group’s evolution in an interview with ...