Slum Rehabilitation

In a shot in the arm for redevelopment of Asia's biggest slum, a newly formed association of residents of Dharavi and its vicinity has lent its support to ongoing state government-led survey of informal tenements.

Billionaire Gautam Adani's joint venture with Mumbai's slum rehabilitation authority has hired a global team to redevelop Dharavi - a key step in reimagining one of the largest and most vibrant informal settlements in Asia.

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.

The Delhi High Court has directed authorities to provide food, clean drinking water, livelihood and transport facilities to individuals who will be relocated from the slums at Bhairo Marg here that have to be demolished.

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 Delhi High Court Friday asked the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to file an affidavit explaining the reasons for adding and then deleting a slum cluster in Mehrauli from the list of rehabilitated/ notified JJ clusters.

Three women had to be rushed to a hospital after they allegedly tried to end their lives by consuming a "poisonous substance" in order to prevent the Slum Rehabilitation Authority from demolishing a house in Mumbai.

Police have registered a cheating case against former Mumbai mayor and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Kishori Pednekar and three others for allegedly acquiring flats built under the Maharashtra government's Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) in suburban Wor

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 today inaugurated 3,024 newly constructed flats for the Economically Weaker Sections in Delhi as part of a slum rehabilitation project.

The Congress on Wednesday alleged a six-year delay and 68 per cent cost escalation in the construction of 3,024 flats for Economically Weaker Sections as part of a slum rehabilitation project in Kalkaji.

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.

The Supreme Court, on June 7, ordered the removal of illegal structures in Khori village, located in the Aravali forest range. Today it asked authorities to continue removing of both slums and farm houses and sought a rehabilitation policy, too.

As many as 318 people evicted from a slum colony to make way for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project have moved the Gujarat High Court seeking a direction to authorities to facilitate their rehabilitation.

Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta on Friday questioned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's "silence" over the issue of slum dwellers living along railway tracks in the city, saying his party will rehabilitate them in city government''s 52,000 vacant flats if it fails to do so.

In a shot in the arm for redevelopment of Asia's biggest slum, a newly formed association of residents of Dharavi and its vicinity has lent its support to ongoing state government-led survey of informal tenements.

Billionaire Gautam Adani's joint venture with Mumbai's slum rehabilitation authority has hired a global team to redevelop Dharavi - a key step in reimagining one of the largest and most vibrant informal settlements in Asia.

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.

The Delhi High Court has directed authorities to provide food, clean drinking water, livelihood and transport facilities to individuals who will be relocated from the slums at Bhairo Marg here that have to be demolished.

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 Delhi High Court Friday asked the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to file an affidavit explaining the reasons for adding and then deleting a slum cluster in Mehrauli from the list of rehabilitated/ notified JJ clusters.

Three women had to be rushed to a hospital after they allegedly tried to end their lives by consuming a "poisonous substance" in order to prevent the Slum Rehabilitation Authority from demolishing a house in Mumbai.

Police have registered a cheating case against former Mumbai mayor and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Kishori Pednekar and three others for allegedly acquiring flats built under the Maharashtra government's Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) in suburban Wor

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 today inaugurated 3,024 newly constructed flats for the Economically Weaker Sections in Delhi as part of a slum rehabilitation project.

The Congress on Wednesday alleged a six-year delay and 68 per cent cost escalation in the construction of 3,024 flats for Economically Weaker Sections as part of a slum rehabilitation project in Kalkaji.

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.

The Supreme Court, on June 7, ordered the removal of illegal structures in Khori village, located in the Aravali forest range. Today it asked authorities to continue removing of both slums and farm houses and sought a rehabilitation policy, too.

As many as 318 people evicted from a slum colony to make way for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project have moved the Gujarat High Court seeking a direction to authorities to facilitate their rehabilitation.

Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta on Friday questioned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's "silence" over the issue of slum dwellers living along railway tracks in the city, saying his party will rehabilitate them in city government''s 52,000 vacant flats if it fails to do so.