November 27th, 201764469A large fraction of urban residents in Indian cities live in slums but little attempt has been made to go beyond a simple slum/non-slum dichotomy, nor to identify slums more quantitatively than through local or sometimes official recognition.
A slum is a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people....
August 23rd, 20171172WHAT IS SLUM? A slum is a heavily populated urban informal settlement characterised by substandard housing and squalor. While slum differ in size and other characteristics, most lack reliable sanitation services, supply of clean water, reliable electricity, law enforcement and other basic services.
SITUATION OF SLUMS
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