CHENNAI, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A commercial painter by trade, K. Raja dreamed of setting up his own business in Surya Nagar slum, in the southern Indian city of Chennai, where he had ...
Across India’s bustling cities, a crisis of staggering proportions is unfolding, largely unseen and uncared for by those who don’t wish to notice. As India strides toward modernization and ...
KOLKATA, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It's not easy giving directions when you live in a slum. All his life, Dipak Roy had identified his home as the one on the corner, down the third by-lane, ...
India to start first nationwide urban slum survey since 2012 in July 2027 Survey will assess slum conditions and estimate population across cities Updated data aims to improve targeting of government ...
As India's economy takes impressive strides, its urban slum population is also registering an alarming rate of growth and will cross 100 million by 2017 from the estimated 75.2 million in 2001. As ...