A discourse analysis of court documents in slum-related cases from the past 25 years leads to the conclusion that the basic statement that "slums are illegal' is a very recent juridical discourse and the rise of court orders to demolish slums is due to reinterpretation of nuisance law. The "new nuisance discourse' that arose in the early 2000s re-problematised slums as nuisances and became the primary mechanism by which slum demolitions take place at present.
Crawling ahead at snail's pace, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Wednesday surveyed and marked another stretch of slums for demolition near the Mithi river, as part of
More than 300 destitute people of South Africa's Johannesburg city are currently facing eviction from their squats. The move is part of Johannesburg's inner-city regeneration programme ahead of the
Civic authorities like to demolish slums. And, as NIDHI JAMWAL finds in the case of Delhi s Yamuna Pushta, such moves invariably also flout all statutory norms
The Maharashtra government wants to redevelop Dharavi, Mumbai s sprawling slum. But its plan has not taken into account the fact that people not only live but also work in this settlement, something they will not be able to do in the new Dharavi.
