A study conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham) pegged the population of the urban poor in the country at 225 million by 2015.

Currently, 40-45 per cent of the urban poor are living in slums or squatter settlements. The remaining people live under bridges and flyovers, on pavements and in overcrowded tenements.

The Janasevana housing and settlement development program is being implemented with the intention of providing housing facilities to one million houseless families of the country within the next five years.

Camelot Housing Colony was planned at an ecologically sensitive spot
Slated to have 18 towers, some with 35 floors, with luxury flats costing at least Rs.3 crore. Chandigarh's design restricts maximum number of floors in residential buildings to three.

The district-level vigilance meeting resolved to urge the Union Government to increase the amount under Indira Awas Yojana to Rs 75,000.

The decision was taken at a meeting held under the presidentship of former Prime Minister and MP H D Deve Gowda.

In a meeting held on Tuesday, fishermen and environmentalists strongly opposed the government proposal to relocate 1,356 slum tenements and evict more than 3,000 hutments in Srinivasapuram to create a 15-acre park near Adyar Creek.

They also objected to the development of a 45-lakh square-feet commercial hub which includes theatres and hotels at Foreshore Estate.

In a meeting held on Tuesday, fishermen and environmentalists strongly opposed the government proposal to relocate 1,356 slum tenements and evict more than 3,000 hutments in Srinivasapuram to create a 15-acre park near Adyar Creek.

They also objected to the development of a 45-lakh square-feet commercial hub which includes theatres and hotels at Foreshore Estate.

Outlay for 2011-12 fixed at Rs.58,159 crore; 16% rise over previous year

GROWTH PLAN: Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan releases the State Credit Plan at the regional office of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development in Thiruvananthapuram by handing over a copy to State Agriculture Production Commissioner K. Jayakumar on Wednesday.

The controversial Adarsh Housing Society at Colaba in Mumbai has lost its water and electricity supply after the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority revoked its No Objection Certificate (NOC) to the society. Whether it will lose 25 illegal floors out of its 31 is giving sleepless nights to the owners of the 107 flats.

Beijing: An egg shaped tiny but compact mobile home built by a Chinese office worker is being touted as an answer to provide affordable accommodation to thousands of migrant labourers flocking to Beijing in search of work.

With the average home in the capital selling for $2,934 a meter in November, a tiny mobile home built by office worker Dai Haifei is creating a stir online.

Dai,24