India to start first nationwide urban slum survey since 2012 in July 2027 Survey will assess slum conditions and estimate population across cities Updated data aims to improve targeting of government ...

How do slums mushroom? In Bengaluru, this question is usually asked only after bulldozers arrive — once homes are razed, livelihoods disrupted, and families pushed out overnight. On December 20, the ...

Across Africa, baobabs have rich symbolic meaning, but the breakneck expansion of the DRC’s capital has reduced their number in the city centre to one The older inhabitants of Kinshasa can remember ...

The Maharashtra Housing Department released a Government Resolution (GR) on November 13, introducing a new approach to slum cluster development in the state. The policy, approved by the Maharashtra ...

Mumbai: In another attempt to expedite the redevelopment of slums in Mumbai, the state housing department on Thursday issued a govt resolution (GR) detailing the slum cluster redevelopment policy.

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Mumbai: With less than two months to go, the state govt has met only 25% of its target of building 1.5 lakh slum rehab tenements from 2022-25. Only 37,560 tenements were completed and occupation ...

Despite Rs 175 crore spent in four years, just 58 slums cleared across state; 45 lakh people living in ramshackle housing Even as Bengaluru positions itself as India’s tech capital, it continues to ...

Forged in the turbulent capitals of 21st-century African music, Bamako’s Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba and Kinshasa’s Mbongwana Star boast genuinely groundbreaking, hard-hitting new albums. Both ...

WSJ explains how the Trump administration is able to provide $20 billion to Argentina and why it is propping up an ideological ally. Photo: Ksenia Shaikhutdinova/WSJ BUENOS AIRES—For decades, the poor ...

The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved a scheme to redevelop Mumbai's slums into integrated housing projects, aiming to improve living conditions and urban infrastructure. Additionally, a state-wide ...

After the UT administration demolished Shahpur Colony in Sector 38 (West) on Tuesday, the city can now be called a slum-free city, as it was the last remaining slum in the region. After the UT ...