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Its Gawli Matha slum model a success, PCMC to expand Zero Waste project across industrial city

December 20, 2022 10:40 am

As part of the model, the wet waste collected by Self-Help Groups is turned into compost in the neighbourhood Rose Garden while dry waste is taken away by ragpickers – a process that negates the need for the civic body to send garbage vans in the area

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Willing to plan rehab of slum dwellers: Delhi govt

September 17, 2020 8:37 am

Slum dwellers have to be rehabilitated before their houses are demolished, and alternate housing has to ideally be within 5 kilometres of the jhuggi.

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Tracking Change: At a class for slum dwellers in Ludhiana, D is for democracy, C for Constitution

December 29, 2019 7:31 am

Hari Om Jindal, a 53-year-old lawyer who is living his own dream — providing basic education for free to at least 150 children dwelling in slums through “jhuggi classrooms”.

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Delhi government slum survey to identify those eligible for EWS housing

July 29, 2019 2:28 am

The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) has engaged a third-party, whose volunteers, officials said, are uploading documents of surveyed people on a central database.

Marooned in Pune: Water gushes through damaged canal wall, destroys shanties, floods main roads

September 28, 2018 7:36 am

As the water level on roads near Dandekar bridge reached knee-deep levels, traffic police started blocking all vehicles headed that way. Police evicted residents of all the local shanties, which were flooded.

Madanpur Khadar fire: Why cramped shanties are so prone to fire

May 16, 2018 2:40 am

Conditions in slums — such as poor wiring and MCBs; use of highly inflammable materials like tarpaulin and bamboo for construction; and the use of chulhas or locally made cylinders to cook — make them particularly prone to fast-spreading fires, officials said.