Social activists to fight for slum dwellers
Protesting against the large-scale eviction of slum dweller from the city to its outskirts, a group of social activists, trade union leaders and students has formed an umbrella organisation called “Ri
Slums spread over 12% of Hyderabad
Twelve per cent of Hyderabad is occupied up by 1,476 slums in which 26 per cent of the city’s population lives, GHMC commissioner M.T. Krishna Babu informed World Bank representatives on Monday. The c
Broken London Dreams: UK to clear slums with illegal Indians
Britain is setting up a taskforce to close and clear thousands of illegal extensions to houses in places such as Southall, where many illegal immigrants from India and elsewhere live in slum-like cond
73 per cent kids in Indore slums are malnourished: Survey
Around 73 per cent children below six years in 10 slum localities in the financial capital of Madhya Pradesh are malnourished, reveals a survey conducted by an NGO.
The NGO Deenbandhu Samajik Sanstha
Brazilian police occupy Rio slums; 38 dead
An estimated 800 Brazilian Army parachutists were Friday occupying the main routes of access to the complexo do alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro, where 200 alleged criminals fled for refuge after a raid