Dharavi is often described in contradictions: a slum and a factory, a hazard and a home. Nearly one million people live in 2.5 sq km, powering thousands of micro-enterprises and a billion-rupee ...

With makeshift tarpaulin tents or poorly built slum quarters, the residents here always struggle to save their groceries or important documents. The rains on Sunday and Monday were no exception to ...

We have had no food, dry clothes, and bedding since Monday,” rued a resident of Farukya Nagar slum. Representatives of Slum Mahila Sanghatane, a city-based organisation working towards the ...

As a development economist who has carried out studies on urban poverty in Lagos State and social exclusion of slum dwellers from full communal participation, I have observed some notable patterns.

A massive fire burnt more than 30 shanties in a slum area near the Wazirabad village on Saturday afternoon, officials said. The fire spread rapidly after some mini cooking gas cylinders exploded ...

Police on Wednesday afternoon demolished a shanty at the rooftop slum in central Kolkata’s Karnani Estate that started as the servant quarters for the cooks, khansamas and drivers employed by American ...

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained. At least two people lost their lives in a fire that broke out at a jhuggi (slum) near Shri Niketan Apartment in Sector 17 of Rohini in the national ...

Puppeteers move cardboard animals in canoes at the Makoko Slum in Lagos Nigeria, Saturday, April 19, 2025, as part of "The Herds," a moving theatre performance that started its journey from the ...

The Lagos State Government has unveiled plans to regenerate the Otumara slum in the Ebute Meta area, marking a major step toward inclusive urban renewal. This was disclosed during a key ...

Mumbai: Mhada has submitted plans for the redevelopment of three slums on its land in partnership with the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA). SRA CEO Mahendra Kalyankar said the authority has ...

Mumbai: Eligibility of slum dwellers, known as a complex and tedious process, will henceforth be automated, thanks to a decision by the state government. The determination of the eligibility of ...

Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Sal Calhoun, left, performs at the SLUM Fest Hip-Hop Awards at 2720 Cherokee in St. Louis on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016.