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SRA relaxes premiums and approvals timeline to fast track slum housing in
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] July 10 (ANI/PRNewswire): The Maharashtra State Housing Ministry today announced a series of relaxations in its slum redevelopment policy to ensure faster availability of housing for slum dwellers in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
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Karnataka directs random COVID-19 testing to ensure effective surveillance
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], June 18 (ANI): The Karnataka Government has directed random testing using RT-PCR pooled sample technique, for slum dwellers, vendors/bill collectors, delivery boys of food chains and couriers, to ensure effective surveillance in view of recent increase in COVID
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Pune Municipal Corporation orders to turn govt schools into temporary shel
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], April 26 (ANI): With the aim to ensure that social distancing norms are followed, the Pune Municipal Corporation passed an order to make government schools in the city available as temporary shelters for residents of slum areas.
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60,000 slum dwellers in Punjab to get proprietary rights
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 9 (ANI): Around 60,000 slum dwellers across the state will get the much-needed basic amenities along with proprietary rights, following the enactment of Punjab Slum Dwellers (Proprietary Rights) Act, 2020.
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Cabinet approves Punjab Slum Dwellers (Proprietary Rights) Act, 2020
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Feb 26 (ANI): To address the basic needs of slums dwellers and ensure holistic growth of urban areas in the State, the Punjab Cabinet led by Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday approved 'The Punjab Slum Dwellers (Proprietary Rights) Act, 2020.
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Ahmedabad civic body asks slum dwellers to vacate ahead of Trump's visit
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Feb 18 (ANI): Ahead of US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump's visit to Ahemdabad, the municipal corporation has asked the city's slum dwellers to vacate their shanties.
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Roti on Wheels- Rajkot's innovative way to feed hot meals to the hungry
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Rajkot (Gujarat) [India], Feb 8 (ANI): In a bid to feed freshly-cooked rotis to slum dwellers and the needy in and around Rajkot, a city-based NGO has launched a unique programme which they have named as "Roti on Wheels".
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Delhi: Homeless swamp night shelters to beat winter blues
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 29 (ANI): With the minimum temperature plummeting to 2 degrees Celsius, scores of roadside vendors, slum dwellers and needy migrants residing in the national capital are flocking to night shelters to spend their nights in relative comfort.
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Odisha CM distributes pucca house entitlement certificate to 10000 slum dw
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India] , March 7 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday distributed pucca house entitlement certificate to 10000 slum dwellers here under Awas Yojana.
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Jharkhand govt to construct houses for slum-dwellers
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], Oct 30 (ANI): Chief Minister Raghubar Das-led Jharkhand government will soon start a project to construct houses at affordable rates (G+3 category) under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana for people living in slums across the state.
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1300 Bachat Gat Women at the Heart of India's fastest growing spiritual Ap
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr 06 (NewsVoir): Around 1300 Bachat Gat women, a mix of housewives from middle-class families and slum-dwellers, form the core team of the My OmNamo, India's homegrown and sustained spiritual app which caters to all puja needs of homes not just in the country
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Agra: Slum dwellers allegedly asked to convert to Christianity
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Mar. 10 (ANI): The slum dwellers in Agra's Jagdish Pura area have alleged that they were approached by people asking them to convert to Christianity in return for better facilities.
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