Mumbai: Even as successive governments have promised a “slum-free Mumbai,” the encroached area in the city has grown by 68% between 2011 and 2025, according to satellite-based estimates by the Slum ...

India to start first nationwide urban slum survey since 2012 in July 2027 Survey will assess slum conditions and estimate population across cities Updated data aims to improve targeting of government ...

How do slums mushroom? In Bengaluru, this question is usually asked only after bulldozers arrive — once homes are razed, livelihoods disrupted, and families pushed out overnight. On December 20, the ...

A massive fire tore through one of Dhaka’s largest slums on Tuesday evening (November 25, 2025), leaving thousands of people homeless and turning rows of tin-roofed shanties into charred rubble, ...

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Mumbai: With less than two months to go, the state govt has met only 25% of its target of building 1.5 lakh slum rehab tenements from 2022-25. Only 37,560 tenements were completed and occupation ...

Despite Rs 175 crore spent in four years, just 58 slums cleared across state; 45 lakh people living in ramshackle housing Even as Bengaluru positions itself as India’s tech capital, it continues to ...

NEW DELHI: The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) aims to map every slum structure in Mumbai by the end of December 2025 as part of a technology-driven reform initiative aimed at accelerating slum ...

WSJ explains how the Trump administration is able to provide $20 billion to Argentina and why it is propping up an ideological ally. Photo: Ksenia Shaikhutdinova/WSJ BUENOS AIRES—For decades, the poor ...

Mumbai's BMC has identified nearly 8,000 commercial units operating within slum areas, generating approximately Rs 21 crore in property tax. This initiative aims to bring these businesses, previously ...

The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved a scheme to redevelop Mumbai's slums into integrated housing projects, aiming to improve living conditions and urban infrastructure. Additionally, a state-wide ...