Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Samsuddin Jainulabiddin Shaikh & Others Vs The State of Gujarat & Others dated 06/05/2025. A petition was filed by 58 people who are residing near Chandola lake, Ahmedabad. The petitioners have constructed hutments along the periphery of Chandola lake. …
The rape and murder of two teenaged girls in Uttar Pradesh has put the focus back on lack of access to private toilets in villages, forcing women and girls to go out to defecate in the open which makes them vulnerable to sexual violence. Lack of toilets is also a …
This article analyses the water, sanitation and hygiene situation in slum households and compares it with the non-slum urban households using data from the 2011 Census. It argues for a shift from the mere water supply coverage to an emphasis on quality water distribution. Intermittent water supply coupled with poor …
HYDERABAD: Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) commissioner Somesh Kumar has directed housing department officials to prepare detailed project reports (DPRs) on two-bedroom houses for weaker sections in upcoming projects. The commissioner held a review meeting with officials of the engineering wing on upcoming housing projects in Greater Hyderabad on Thursday. …
A Baradwari locality is set to be the first milestone in Jamshedpur’s journey towards becoming a slum-free city. Nearly 40,000 urban poor residing in Navjeevan Ashram in Devnagar will benefit of Centre’s flagship scheme Rajiv Awas Yojana by the end of this year. Based on a detailed project report submitted …
PUNE: The slums in the city will promote the use of unconventional energy if the civic body's plan to use solar energy to power lights is approved. A proposal to fit solar street lights in the slums has been tabled before the standing committee. The Shivajinagar assembly constituency has been …
Concerned over spurt in crocodile attacks in the Vishwamitri river, the forest department has now decided to construct public toilets for those staying on the banks. Many of the victims are usually slum dwellers, who have no place to relieve themselves. "We have decided to build toilets at certain spots …
Where power cables are not viable, the sun will light up the streets at night. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is getting ready to install solar streetlights in slum settlements. The civic body is taking a cue from central and state governments providing solar power in remote villages. “The project …
Visiting Regional Director of UNDP Haol ang Xu on Monday has applauded Bangladesh’s efforts in cutting down urban poverty by 13 percent in the last four years. “Urban poverty in seven major cities and towns came down from 42 percent to 29 percent during the period,” said a UNDP report. …
One more water body in the City appears to be disappearing fast, with hunderds of truckloads of soil being dumped into Chunchaghatta lake. The People’s Campaign for Right to Water (PCRW), a non-government organisation, which noticed the illegal activity, has lodged a complaint with the chief secretary to the State …
Slum dwellers are hacking trees in the mangroves along the Palm Beach Road, said some residents. Apart from the debris mafia, locals said, encroachers, too, are paying no heed to warnings and are trying their best to flatten the green patch. Activists said that slum dwellers from Karave and Dharave …
The amount is required to reconstruct a total of 11 lakh slum households in the city as per latest Census figureS. Mumbai will need Rs 55,000 crore if it has to target each and every slum over the next ten years under the central government’s flagship slum-free cities scheme Rajiv …
The city continues to bear the stigma of poor sanitation practices. As the number of slums goes on increasing with rise in population and economic activities, no step is taken to inculcate healthy toilet habit among the people. While open defecation is still a common site in Silk City, lack …
This book provides examples of possible triple-win solutions for simultaneously reducing poverty, raising the quality of the environment, and adapting to climate change. The book provides empirical evidence and observations from sixteen case studies in Southeast and East Asia, and from the Pacific. It argues that a spatial approach focusing …
This paper presents a strategy for using streets as drivers of citywide slum upgrading and urban transformation taking into account the requirements of disaster management and rescue and relief operations. It argues that a street-led approach to slum upgrading presents a practical and simple business case for realizing the agenda …
This document addresses the issue of climate compatible development in the context of rapidly growing cities across the African continent, where two key features are widespread: informality and deeply entrenched inequality. As informality comes in many forms, including settlement on unplanned land without public services and bulk infrastructure; unregistered housing …
Political parties, which look at slum populations as their prime vote bank, continue to make false promises of regularising lake lands that has been encroached. Musi River is one such area. “There are over 10,000 houses along the stretch of Musi, touches over six Assembly constituencies in old city. The …
Housing Minister M H Ambarish on Wednesday said that the government is upgrading 26 slums in the State at a cost of Rs 1,347 crore under the Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY). The projects are likely to commence in May. Speaking to reporters, he said that the Housing department had already …
Imagine not taking a bath in this hot and sultry summer. But 37% Amdavadis have been doing just that. They do not bathe daily, says a survey conducted by the National Integrated Medical Association (NIMA). All this thanks to the lack of awareness about the health-related aspects of having a …
Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung has cleared a proposal to set up “pay-and-use” water ATMs in water- starved slums and resettlement colonies of Delhi. Water ATMs operate as cashless vending machines for water. A customer uses a smart card, which can be recharged, to draw water from the kiosk. A customer can …
An Indian social enterprise start-up is helping people living in urban slums to use clean energy by changing their kerosene lamps for solar lanterns and wood fires for more efficient cooking stoves through a simple payment scheme. Pollinate Energy, which began operations in 2013, is one of thousands of social …
