New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): The government of India (GOI) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a 300 million dollar loan to improve primary health care in urban areas of 13 states that will benefit over 256 million urban dwellers including 51 million from slum areas.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 25 (ANI): The Odisha government on Thursday directed all urban local bodies (ULBs) to spend 25 percent of their budgetary allocation on the development of slum areas.
New Delhi [India], April 14 (ANI): In order to minimise the impact of COVID-19 on the education of poor children mostly from slum areas, a BSc graduate -- Satyender -- has started a free of cost teaching facility under the Mayur Vihar phase 1 flyover.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 30 (ANI): In a major relief to people of slum area in Cuff Parade of South Mumbai, Bombay High Court paved way for a slum rehabilitation Project last week.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], November 14 (ANI): Several houses were gutted after a fire broke out in the slum area of Nivedita Pally in West Bengal's New Town on Saturday.
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], November 4 (ANI): A fierce fire broke out at a slum area in Bhupura Krishna Vihar area of Sahibabad on Tuesday. Police and fire brigade are on the spot.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], October 8 (ANI): Eight new COVID-19 cases were reported in Dharavi area of Mumbai taking the count of cases from the area to 3,300, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said on Thursday.
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], September 27 (ANI): Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal on Saturday said the recently announced New Education Policy (NEP) emphasises that no child of the country should be deprived of education whether the child is homeless or lives in a slum area or living i
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Hours after a house collapsed in the slum area of Anna Nagar near ITO and a body was found near the Minto Bridge following heavy rainfall in the national capital, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Sunday said that all agencies in Delhi - PWD, DJB, Delh