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Nearly 49,000 slums in India [1]

24% Of Shanties Along Drains, 12% Beside Rly Tracks: NSSO
Mahendra Kumar Singh | TNN

New Delhi: Even as the Indian economy remains one of the bright spots in the world showing an upward growth trajectory, around 49,000 slums continue to blight the urban landscape forcing lakhs of people to live in pathetic conditions.

Publication Date: 
27/05/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Waterlogging [3], Drinking Water [4], Drainage [5], Habitat And Urbanisation [6], Slums [7], Sanitation [8], Electricity [9], India [10], Times Of India (New Delhi) [2], National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO) [11]

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