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Vision Should Be To Make Mumbai Slum Free, Says Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Friday said the vision should be to make Mumbai a slum-free city and raised concerns about the plight of slum dwellers who become "victims at the hands of private developers".
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Dharavi Redevelopment Firm To Start Resident Survey From March 18
Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt. will begin a data-collection survey of lakhs the informal tenement residents in the area on March 18.
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Dharavi Redevelopment Project Hires Global Team For Mumbai Slum Master Plan
Billionaire Gautam Adani's joint venture with Mumbai's slum rehabilitation authority has hired a global team to redevelop Dharavi - a key step in reimagining one of the largest and most vibrant informal settlements in Asia.
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Infant Among 32 Hospitalised After Fire Breaks Out In Mumbai Building
At least 32 persons, including a one-month-old boy, were injured and admitted to hospitals after a fire erupted in their seven-storey residential building in Dharavi slum area of central Mumbai on Sunday, an official said.
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In Old Newspapers, an Idea to Get Mumbai's Slum Children Back to School
Rekha Parkhe, 15, dreams big. She wants to become a doctor and is ready to put in the hard work that will help her realise her ambitions. But education is a luxury her parents can barely afford.
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Concrete Lanes, More Toilets: Mumbai's Slums to Get a New Look
Nearly 50 per cent of Mumbai's population lives on eight per cent of its land - such is the story of the city's slum dwellers. Garbage disposal, drainage systems, health and hygiene in these slums is almost non-existent with Maharashtra Nagar and Kamla Nagar being stark examples of the harsh reality.
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An insider's view of Dharavi, as unexpected as it is moving
Expect the unexpected - a surprise, which will leave you smiling.
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Mumbai slums built till 2000 to be regularised; over three lakh people to benefit
Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to regularise slums built till the year 2000, extending the earlier cut-off date by five years.
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Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra government to consider scrapping 70 per cent consent for slums
Mumbai's poor could finally get proper homes to live in more quickly.
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In Dharavi, misery, work, politics, hope
At the edge of India's greatest slum, Shaikh Mobin's decrepit shanty is cleaved like a wedding cake, four layers high and sliced down the middle. The missing half has been demolished. What remains appears ready for demolition, too, with temporary walls and a rickety corrugated roof.
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Mumbai: Nine injured in fire at slum near Bandra station
A major fire broke out at a slum near the Bandra railway station in Mumbai on Friday evening. It took 26 fire engines and 10 water tankers over three hours to bring the fire under control. (See pictures)No casualties were reported. However, at least nine people were injured. They were immediately rushed to the Bhabha Hospital. Eyewitnesses claim th...
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Fire in Mumbai slum, over 50 huts gutted down
A fire broke out in a slum in suburban Mankhurd in the wee hours today, gutting down godowns and several huts in the area, fire officials said.The incident took place around 0430 hours. Five godowns and over 50 huts were gutted down in the blaze, they said.However, no casualties have been reported.About 16 fire engines and nine water tankers were r...
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'Every 2nd person in Mumbai stays in slum'
India's financial capital which houses the maximum number of slum dwellers in the country has one in two persons residing in a slum.
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Vision Should Be To Make Mumbai Slum Free, Says Bombay High Court
The Bombay High Court on Friday said the vision should be to make Mumbai a slum-free city and raised concerns about the plight of slum dwellers who become "victims at the hands of private developers".
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Dharavi Redevelopment Firm To Start Resident Survey From March 18
Dharavi Redevelopment Project Pvt. will begin a data-collection survey of lakhs the informal tenement residents in the area on March 18.
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Dharavi Redevelopment Project Hires Global Team For Mumbai Slum Master Plan
Billionaire Gautam Adani's joint venture with Mumbai's slum rehabilitation authority has hired a global team to redevelop Dharavi - a key step in reimagining one of the largest and most vibrant informal settlements in Asia.
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Infant Among 32 Hospitalised After Fire Breaks Out In Mumbai Building
At least 32 persons, including a one-month-old boy, were injured and admitted to hospitals after a fire erupted in their seven-storey residential building in Dharavi slum area of central Mumbai on Sunday, an official said.
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In Old Newspapers, an Idea to Get Mumbai's Slum Children Back to School
Rekha Parkhe, 15, dreams big. She wants to become a doctor and is ready to put in the hard work that will help her realise her ambitions. But education is a luxury her parents can barely afford.
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Concrete Lanes, More Toilets: Mumbai's Slums to Get a New Look
Nearly 50 per cent of Mumbai's population lives on eight per cent of its land - such is the story of the city's slum dwellers. Garbage disposal, drainage systems, health and hygiene in these slums is almost non-existent with Maharashtra Nagar and Kamla Nagar being stark examples of the harsh reality.
-
An insider's view of Dharavi, as unexpected as it is moving
Expect the unexpected - a surprise, which will leave you smiling.
-
Mumbai slums built till 2000 to be regularised; over three lakh people to benefit
Maharashtra cabinet on Wednesday approved a proposal to regularise slums built till the year 2000, extending the earlier cut-off date by five years.
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Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra government to consider scrapping 70 per cent consent for slums
Mumbai's poor could finally get proper homes to live in more quickly.
-
In Dharavi, misery, work, politics, hope
At the edge of India's greatest slum, Shaikh Mobin's decrepit shanty is cleaved like a wedding cake, four layers high and sliced down the middle. The missing half has been demolished. What remains appears ready for demolition, too, with temporary walls and a rickety corrugated roof.
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Mumbai: Nine injured in fire at slum near Bandra station
A major fire broke out at a slum near the Bandra railway station in Mumbai on Friday evening. It took 26 fire engines and 10 water tankers over three hours to bring the fire under control. (See pictures)No casualties were reported. However, at least nine people were injured. They were immediately rushed to the Bhabha Hospital. Eyewitnesses claim th...
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Fire in Mumbai slum, over 50 huts gutted down
A fire broke out in a slum in suburban Mankhurd in the wee hours today, gutting down godowns and several huts in the area, fire officials said.The incident took place around 0430 hours. Five godowns and over 50 huts were gutted down in the blaze, they said.However, no casualties have been reported.About 16 fire engines and nine water tankers were r...
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'Every 2nd person in Mumbai stays in slum'
India's financial capital which houses the maximum number of slum dwellers in the country has one in two persons residing in a slum.
