Until recently, Vikas Gawali lived in a one-room shack with his wife, two daughters, his mother, his older brother and sister-in-law, their children, and another brother—12 people in a single room.

NEW DELHI, May 17 (Reuters) - The number of people living in slums in India, Asia's fourth largest economy, has more than doubled in the past two decades, the government said on Thursday. Urban slum ...

Slum inhabitants are living in spaces that are overcrowded, unplanned, and without equitable access to transportation, water, and sanitation. Without the infrastructure or the resources for household ...

Mumbai, India (CNN) — When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all ...

Lucknow: Two districts of Assam, Barpeta and Kamrup, have repeatedly figured during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision ...

BHUBANESWAR/MUMBAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Once known as Temple City for its ancient Hindu temples, Bhubaneswar in the eastern Indian state of Odisha aims to reposition itself as a hub ...

Proportion of Urban Population Living in Slums (2018): 3.5% In 2018, Belize had an urban population of 174,000. In the country, only 6,000 people lived in slums, which is the second-lowest absolute ...

Over 10 lakh Antyodaya families in Gujarat's slums received free electricity under the Jhumpda Vijalikaran Yojana. In the last five years, ₹8,499 lakh was spent to electrify 1,52,466 slums, with the ...

Despite global efforts to improve housing and reduce urban poverty, slums remain a defining feature of many fast-growing cities in the developing world. ・Slums persist as a major issue in many ...