Slums
Chennai: With an alarming increase in the number of tobacco users, the state government has decided to declare 10 slums smoke-free by the end of the year.
Slums
Chennai slums to be declared smoke free
Chennai: With an alarming increase in the number of tobacco users, the state government has decided to declare 10 slums smoke-free by the end of the year.
31 pc Pune slum dwellers lack healthcare facilities: Study
Pune: According to a new survey around 31 per cent of people in city slum do not receive a medical treatment due to financial constraints.
UP ranks thirds in slum dwellers in the country
Lucknow: The India Urban Poverty Report by United Nation Development Programme places Uttar Pradesh at fourth position with 44 lakh slum dwellers.
Committee suggests increasing urban development funding
New Delhi: A committee led by economist Isher Ahluwalia suggested that the government needs to increase spending and remodel existing schemes for urban development.
UP has 44 lakh slum dwellers: Report
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh has been ranked at third place for a state having maximum number of people living in slums. The ranking has been given under India Urban Poverty Report, 2009 of United Nations Development Programme.
Urban poor increases by 4.4 million every year
Kolkata: According to estimates by the Union Urban Development Ministry, the number of urban poor increases by over 4 million annually in India due to increase in slums.
Maharashtra Govt to map slum colonies across the state
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Government has decided to use geographic information system maps and imagery techniques to map slum colonies across the state. The decision has been taken as part of the government’s mission to make the state slum-free.
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