New Delhi: Coming to the rescue of slum dwellers, the Delhi High Court on Thursday asked the government and civic agencies to rehabilitate slum-dwellers even if they were encroaching on public land.
Mumbai: Kamaraj Nagar, popularly known as mini-Dharavi, is set to become one of the biggest redevelopment projects in the city. The ownership of the 46-acre slum abutting the Eastern Express Highway in Ghatkopar (east) has changed hands and now lies with Champalal Vardhan of the Neelam Group.
Mumbai The Committee of Secretaries discussing the Rs 15,000-crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project on Wednesday decided to appoint a subcommittee that will submit a report within 15 days on how to take forward the project that has been caught in a series of tangles.
The number of people living in acute poverty in Mizoram are fast increasing but the successive governments continue to display indifferent attitude to this issue.
In Aizawl alone there are over 60,000 people living in Mizoram version of slum areas. They are officially called
The housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry is facing teething problems trying to formulate the implementation and financing pattern of the UPA government
MUMBAI: After having failedmiserably to implement the slum rehabilitation scheme, the state government is planning a scheme to make Maharashtra slum-free. The programme is being drafted to commemorate the state's golden jubilee. The Centre has already announced a slum-free programme for the country.
