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. …
In a meeting held on Tuesday, fishermen and environmentalists strongly opposed the government proposal to relocate 1,356 slum tenements and evict more than 3,000 hutments in Srinivasapuram to create a 15-acre park near Adyar Creek. They also objected to the development of a 45-lakh square-feet commercial hub which includes theatres …
In a meeting held on Tuesday, fishermen and environmentalists strongly opposed the government proposal to relocate 1,356 slum tenements and evict more than 3,000 hutments in Srinivasapuram to create a 15-acre park near Adyar Creek. They also objected to the development of a 45-lakh square-feet commercial hub which includes theatres …
The new Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), notified by the Union Ministry for Environment and Forest will benefit slum dwellers, fisher folks and residents of dilapidated buildings falling in the coastal zones of Greater Mumbai. The Environment Minister, Mr Jairam Ramesh, told a press conference at the weekend that nearly six …
The UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UN ESCAP) and the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) have released a preview of guidelines titled “Are We Building Competitive and Liveable Cities?” The guidelines address the development of eco-efficient and sustainable urban infrastructure …
Seven-month-old child joins a growing list of dead people A voluntary organisation recorded 18 deaths since April Many of the residents here are migrants Mumbai: Malnutrition, illness and abject poverty have taken a severe toll on children in Mumbai's Rafiq Nagar slum. Situated in a vast dumping ground, swarming with …
Frank Lloyd Wright, the American architect, once said that to look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of fibrous tumour. It is probably an apt description of how India
This report on "Housing conditions of Delhi" by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics on the basis of survey conducted under 65th National Sample Survey provides vital information on various aspects of housing conditions in the Capital city. The present report on "Housing Conditions in Delhi" is brought out by …
This paper considers how the official poverty line in India would have to change, if it were to be set at a level that allowed urban households to afford minimally adequate accommodation. It discusses the difficulties in incorporating housing needs into poverty lines, noting that households that rent accommodations are …
The present report on “Urban Slums in Delhi” is brought out by this directorate on the basis of sample survey conducted under the 65th NSS Round (July 2008- June 2009) in respect of state sample. This report contains information relating to 2008-09 on ownership, area type, structure, living facilities like …
A situational analysis of the current water supply in the slum communities of Mumbai and its implication on men, women, and children living in the area.
The increasing rate of slum growth in the Global South is the direct result of an international development paradigm that fails to prioritise the basic needs of the poor. A world without urban poverty cannot be realised without a redistribution of power and resources on the national and global level, …
MUMBAI: An expert committee of the Union housing and urban poverty alleviation ministry has pointed out in a report how some major states, including Maharashtra, have "grossly underestimated their slum population" by not using proper parameters. The report, submitted to the ministry recently, said Maharashtra and the other states did …
This study, based on the results of the 2009 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, challenges the widely held belief that the situation of urban dwellers in Bangladesh is generally better than those living in rural areas. Historically, most development programmes in Bangladesh have focused on rural areas. However the living conditions …
This paper examines the policy options for India as it seeks to improve living conditions of the poor on a large scale and reduce the population in slums. Addressing the problem requires first a diagnosis of the market at the city level and a recognition that government interventions, rather than …
Government of Andhra Pradesh have formulated a policy on slum-free cities in Andhra Pradesh by 2014 through comprehensive reconstruction of the existing slums in the State, both in terms of housing and infrastructure facilities, in addition to assigning property rights and tenement rights to the identified slum dwellers. It also …
