Before administering the SLUMS, the training video should be viewed and then annually reviewed. Read below for frequently asked questions about specific items on the exam. Item 1: Day of the Week The ...

Once known as an ungoverned wasteland beyond the reach of law, this gigantic slum is now slated for demolition in a few years, leading to the forced eviction of its residents. However, many refuse ...

The decision is premised on government’s categorisation of the two areas as ‘urban slums.’ A statement from the governor’s media office on Sunday, disclosed that the relocation was to ...

Using survey data from 265 slum households, the socio-economic characteristics of the slum dwellers across spatial locations in Ludhiana, Punjab are examined. The lives of the slum dwellers are looked ...

Hundreds of slum dwellers from Nsoba slum in Kawempe Division thronged Nsoba gardens on September 22 to get lunch, a meal that is considered a luxury by most urban poor. By 8am, families that ...

As India strides toward modernization and globalization, it is leaving behind millions of people living in slums for whom the promise of development has no meaning. The rapid growth of slums ...

MUMBAI – In Dharavi, India’s biggest slum, childcare centre worker Shobha Pravin Patil dreams of a kitchen with a refrigerator, clean water at the turn of a tap, a dining table for sit-down ...

Two brothers aged 14 and 17 were bound, assaulted, tonsured, stripped, and paraded in a Juhu slum on suspicion of theft. The incident was filmed and shared on social media. Police have arrested ...

Despite one in every three residential launches now coming from redevelopment efforts, a key issue remains unresolved—slum rehabilitation. Conducted largely under the Slum Rehabilitation ...

2:28 Ontario home renovation project sparks neighbourhood fury The mayor of an Ontario city struggling with rental and renovation problems says the rollout of a strict new landlord licensing pilot ...

“Not all women can access safe abortion. Women dying due to unsafe abortion are those from poor backgrounds, uneducated,, and lack information,” the organization’s representative Ruth Mumbi ...