MUMBAI: Every monsoon, the BMC is deluged with complaints of water contamination. So this year, the civic body has increased the number of sampling points in the city.

Mumbai was the first Indian city to introduce free in-situ housing for slum residents in 1998.

Bhashantek slum residents are paying five times higher than the other Dhaka city dwellers pay for getting minimum facilities of sanitation and waste management.

CANBERRA, May 26 (Xinhua) -- An Australian company lighting India's slums with solar energy is providing a solution to the problem of deadly air pollution in India's poorest areas.

Move aimed at ensuring no beneficiary can avail of free or concessional housing more than once.

Will have a list of low-lying areas, dilapidated buildings, ham radios

The government should formulate a policy for bettering water and sanitation services in slums and coordinating relevant non-government organisations' activities, speakers told a workshop yesterday.