Illegal slum settlements have spread across multiple zones of the state capital, significantly increasing fire hazards. The recent Vikas Nagar blaze is a case in point. Dayaram a slum dweller living ...
Did our AI summary help? A massive fire broke out in a slum cluster near Kanawani village in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, triggering panic as flames rapidly spread across the densely packed settlement, as ...
A massive fire broke out at a slum cluster in Lucknow's Vikas Nagar area on Wednesday evening, destroying more than two dozen huts and triggering panic among residents. The blaze reportedly started in ...
Mumbai: Residents of nearly 7 slum settlements in Sector 6, Dharavi, have been issued a notice to vacate before the monsoon or before the next academic year begins. Sector 6 is on Matunga railway land ...
Mumbai: Along with a 100-acre plot in Andheri West around Gilbert Hill, Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) is set to launch 18 projects in Mumbai under the state govt's recently introduced slum ...
Exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months, fundamental to the health and development of children, is lower in India’s urban slums (50.1%) - where 65.49 million people in the country live - than ...
A new study from the University of Toronto shows that where a mother lives in an Indian city—in a slum or a non-slum neighborhood—is linked to how she breastfeeds her baby. Breastfeeding within one ...
A new study from the University of Toronto shows that where a mother lives in an Indian city – in a slum or a non‑slum neighborhood – is linked to how she breastfeeds her baby. Breastfeeding within ...
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Housing and urban development experts have warned that Lagos currently has no fewer than 145 slums, with about 66 per cent of its residents living in informal settlements, raising concerns over a ...
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Slum homes made of plywood and cardboard that posed a "serious risks to life" were discovered being rented out in west London. Harrow council has demolished the "appalling" makeshift houses, which ...