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UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi has said the Centre would soon unveil an urban health mission on the lines of National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) to look after healthcare needs of urban poor and slum dwellers.

Mumbai: Sometimes religious fervour can transform an untended city into a model of development.

The Delhi government is looking forward to table two Legislative bills in the upcoming Budget Session of the state Assembly next month. The city government has sent the "Delhi Urban Shelter Bill, 2010" to the Centre for approval, after incorporat- ing suggestions of the Central government, which seeks to establish a Delhi Urban Shelter Board on the lines of the Delhi Jal Board.

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Mumbai In the wake of the ongoing water crisis, the Hydraulic Engineering Department of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has suspended no-objection certificates (NOC) for water supply to buildings meant to rehabilitate slumdwellers around the airport. This was revealed in a reply to a RTI application filed by BJP leader Parag Alavani.

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 Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has ordered to stop demolition of slums in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park immediately.

New Delhi: India is going to map its slums. And for Mumbai, where proliferating slums are a nightmare for civic planners, it should bring hope.