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Hyderabad-based NGO brings slum dwellers together in policymaking
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], September 19 (ANI): In a bid to involve slum dwellers in policymaking, a Hyderbad-based non-profit organisation under its 'neighbourhood community network' initiative is bringing poor people together and working for their human rights and sustainable developmen
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Supreme Court stays demolition of around 5,000 'jhuggis' in Gujarat
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 24 (ANI): Taking a humanitarian approach, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the demolition of around 5,000 'jhuggis' (slums) in a place in Gujarat and directed the state government to maintain the status quo till tomorrow, until when it will take up the matter aga
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Uttarakhand govt decides not to remove illegal slums till 2024
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], August 17 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday during a cabinet meeting approved a proposal of the Urban Development Department wherein about 584 illegal slums of the state would not be removed till 2024.
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Online classes keep students in Maharashtra's slums far from studies due t
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], July 2 (ANI): Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and its subsequent restrictions, students living in Nagpur's Danteshwari Nagar slum are reeling under the effects of technological inaccessibility that has deprived them of the opportunity to attend online classes.
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Houses for urban poor: Punjab CM directs speedy execution of Basera projec
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], May 11 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Tuesday directed the local government department to expedite work on his flagship Basera project, to achieve the target of giving proprietary rights to 10000 slum households, and ensure its completion by Dece
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90 pct COVID cases in Mumbai in past 2 months reported from housing societ
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 10 (ANI): The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Wednesday informed that out of 23 thousand new COVID-19 cases reported in Mumbai during January and February, 90 percent cases were registered from housing societies and rest 10 percent from slum
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India's COVID-19 recovery rate improves to 95.77%, no case in Mumbai's Dha
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 25 (ANI): Christmas brought good news for India whose overall COVID-19 recovery rate improved to 95.77 per cent on Friday, with Mumbai's Dharavi, one of the worst affected areas in the country, reporting no positive cases, for the first time since the spread of
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Makeshift library set up at Singhu border, amid farmers' protests
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): Amid the farmers' protest, a library-cum-cultural centre has been set up at Singhu border which aims to provide books and newspapers for youth and also imparts school education to students from nearby slums.
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120 mobile medical units providing free healthcare services to slum dwelle
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 11 (ANI): As many as 120 well-equipped Mobile medical units have reached the urban slums at a time suitable for the local population in Chhattisgarh, the state government said on Friday.
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Massive fire sweeps slum in Bangladesh capital
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], November 23 (ANI/Xinhua): A massive fire tore through one of the largest slums in Dhaka early Tuesday, destroying around 100 shanties and leaving hundreds of people homeless.
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Around 200 slum dwellings at Rangpuri in Mahipalpur razed by Delhi Police
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 29 (ANI): Delhi Police demolished about 200 slum dwellings in the Israeli camp area of Rangpuri in Mahipalpur with a bulldozer on Wednesday night.
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Ranjan, Sunil overcome financial woes, sign contract with Punjab FC
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], October 10 (ANI): After overcoming hardships of life, Ranjan Soren and Sunil Soren, from the slums of Salia Sahi, have signed a professional contract with Punjab FC.
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