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Setting A cohort of all young men living in an urban slum in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Participants All men aged 18–29 years (n=824) living in a low-income urban community at the time of the ...
Bulldozers razes slum structures at Madrasi Camp in Jangpura amid heavy security deployment, following court demolition orders, in New Delhi, Sunday, June 1, 2024. (PTI Photo) A political storm ...
The Madrasi Camp in Delhi's Jangpura has existed for over 60 years. Its shift to Narela, miles away from South Delhi, has stirred anxiety—not just over housing, but livelihoods. For women working as ...
Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva on Sunday stated that the relocation of slum dwellers from the Barapullah Madrasi Camp to flats in Narela is not a routine administrative removal of a slum ...
The AAP on Sunday accused the Delhi government of betraying the people by demolishing their houses within 24 hours of assuring them against it. Addressing the media, Delhi AAP chief Saurabh ...
A major demolition drive is underway at Madrasi Camp in southeast Delhi, targeting over 300 slums amid heavy police presence. Residents, who have lived there for 60 years, protest inadequate ...
A major demolition drive is underway at Madrasi Camp in Delhi's Jangpura area, targeting over 350 slums amid heavy police presence. The demolition drive at this location has been ongoing since ...
New Delhi, May 31 (IANS) Describing slum dwellers as service providers and the lifeline of Delhi, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Saturday assured that no slum colonies in the city will be ...
The Dharavi Redevelopment Project, a massive undertaking across 600 acres, aims to transform the area into organized neighborhoods with integrated infrastructure. The master plan, approved by the ...
In the 21st century, slums are not anomalies at the margins of cities – they are the very frontline of urbanisation. Over one billion people globally live in informal settlements, often in the ...
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has announced a slum upgradation project to provide housing facilities to people who have encroached government land. Under the scheme, the civic body is ...