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17 of 20 monsoon deaths in Mumbai occur among poor living in slums: Study

MUMBAI: The impact of monsoon deaths in the city affects the poor disproportionately, with 17 in 20 occurring among them, especially those living in slums where poor drainage, sanitation and limited ...
Forbes

In Mumbai, more than 80% of people who die due to extreme rainfall live in slums

MUMBAI, INDIA - SEPTEMBER 4: People walk through a flooded street following heavy monsoon rains at LBS road Kurla, on September 4, 2019 in Mumbai, India. Heavy rain pounded Mumbai on Wednesday, ...

Slums built before 2011 in Maharashtra to be protected, eligible residents assured rehabilitation

The Maharashtra government will protect all slum dwellings built before January 1, 2011, on government or forest lands owned ...

Maharashtra to protect all eligible pre-2011 slum homes, rehabilitation plan in 3 months

The Maharashtra government has announced that all eligible residents living in pre-2011 slums on government and forest land ...

Mumbai’s housing makeover: Three huge slum clusters up for redevelopment

Mumbai is set for a massive slum redevelopment drive, following the success of the Juhu Galli project. Three large slum ...
The Diplomat

Why Millions Go Unaccounted for in India’s Invisible Slum Crisis

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 ...
LAist

Finding 'Life, Death And Hope' In A Mumbai Slum

This interview was originally broadcast on Feb. 8, 2012. On Wednesday, Katherine Boo won the National Book Award for nonfiction for Behind the Beautiful Forevers. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ...