Slum Dwellers

The Bombay High Court on Friday said the vision should be to make Mumbai a slum-free city and raised concerns about the plight of slum dwellers who become "victims at the hands of private developers".

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday slammed Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray and Aaditya Thackeray for their 'anti-development agenda" and for opposing the right of every slum dweller in Mumbai to "a better life".

Delhi Cabinet ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday visited slum clusters in the national capital and accused the BJP of conspiring to remove slum dwellers.

Slum dwellers can get homes in Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Pune by paying Rs 2.5 lakh, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday, the move coming with civic polls due in several urban areas of the state.

DUSIB said DDA is the state-level nodal agency for in-situ rehabilitation of slum dwellers (in respect of lands belonging to the Central government and its agencies) under the Pradhan Mantri Awaz Yojna-Housing For All (Urban) in Delhi.

The Bombay High Court has ordered status quo on a decision taken by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, when he was a minister in the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, of allotting land meant for slum dwellers to private persons.

BJP's MCD poll manifesto, promising flats to slum dwellers, cheap meals for Rs 5 through 50 Annapurna Rasois, free bicycles to girl students, 1,000 permanent Chhath ghats, new cow shelters and development of "happiness" areas, was released today.

The Delhi BJP today issued a 'Wachan Patra' ahead of the MCD polls, promising to provide EWS flats equipped with all the amenities to every slum dweller in the city.

The cost of construction of each of the flats allotted on Wednesday to eligible households under the government's in situ rehabilitation of Bhumiheen Camp's slum dwellers in New Delhi is nearly Rs 11.41 lakh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will inaugurate 3024 newly constructed EWS flats at Kalkaji, Delhi built for rehabilitating slum dwellers under the 'In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation' Project.

Slum dwellers will now be part of the consultations held to explore ways to improve the living conditions of people living in these settlements in Delhi, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said on Saturday.

Twenty-seven people were apprehended after a row between some drug addicts and slum dwellers resulted in heavy traffic jam in the northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar area, police said on Thursday.

A slum dweller from Mumbai, a namesake of RJD founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, a social activist from Tamil Nadu and a professor from Delhi are among those who have submitted their nomination papers to contest the July 18 presidential election.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed not to take any coercive action relating to the removal of 'jhuggis' in Sarojini Nagar area of the national capital until further orders.

The Delhi BJP plans to open 'Namo Sewa Kendras' in slum pockets of around 32 Assembly constituencies in the city, strengthening its outreach campaign "Jhuggi Samman Yatra" ahead of crucial municipal corporation polls next year, party leaders said.

The Bombay High Court on Friday said the vision should be to make Mumbai a slum-free city and raised concerns about the plight of slum dwellers who become "victims at the hands of private developers".

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Saturday slammed Shiv Sena (UBT) leaders Uddhav Thackeray and Aaditya Thackeray for their 'anti-development agenda" and for opposing the right of every slum dweller in Mumbai to "a better life".

Delhi Cabinet ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bharadwaj on Sunday visited slum clusters in the national capital and accused the BJP of conspiring to remove slum dwellers.

Slum dwellers can get homes in Mumbai Metropolitan Region and Pune by paying Rs 2.5 lakh, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Thursday, the move coming with civic polls due in several urban areas of the state.

DUSIB said DDA is the state-level nodal agency for in-situ rehabilitation of slum dwellers (in respect of lands belonging to the Central government and its agencies) under the Pradhan Mantri Awaz Yojna-Housing For All (Urban) in Delhi.

The Bombay High Court has ordered status quo on a decision taken by Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, when he was a minister in the erstwhile Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government, of allotting land meant for slum dwellers to private persons.

BJP's MCD poll manifesto, promising flats to slum dwellers, cheap meals for Rs 5 through 50 Annapurna Rasois, free bicycles to girl students, 1,000 permanent Chhath ghats, new cow shelters and development of "happiness" areas, was released today.

The Delhi BJP today issued a 'Wachan Patra' ahead of the MCD polls, promising to provide EWS flats equipped with all the amenities to every slum dweller in the city.

The cost of construction of each of the flats allotted on Wednesday to eligible households under the government's in situ rehabilitation of Bhumiheen Camp's slum dwellers in New Delhi is nearly Rs 11.41 lakh.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday will inaugurate 3024 newly constructed EWS flats at Kalkaji, Delhi built for rehabilitating slum dwellers under the 'In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation' Project.

Slum dwellers will now be part of the consultations held to explore ways to improve the living conditions of people living in these settlements in Delhi, Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said on Saturday.

Twenty-seven people were apprehended after a row between some drug addicts and slum dwellers resulted in heavy traffic jam in the northwest Delhi's Ashok Vihar area, police said on Thursday.

A slum dweller from Mumbai, a namesake of RJD founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, a social activist from Tamil Nadu and a professor from Delhi are among those who have submitted their nomination papers to contest the July 18 presidential election.

The Supreme Court on Monday directed not to take any coercive action relating to the removal of 'jhuggis' in Sarojini Nagar area of the national capital until further orders.

The Delhi BJP plans to open 'Namo Sewa Kendras' in slum pockets of around 32 Assembly constituencies in the city, strengthening its outreach campaign "Jhuggi Samman Yatra" ahead of crucial municipal corporation polls next year, party leaders said.