Slum dwellers
Plots near Lilavati Hospital is soon going to see many development, thanks to Oberoi Realty. Oberoi Realty, a real estate based company is in the advanced stage of making a deal with Om Metals Consortium. The deal consists of a development project worth Rs 800 crore at Bandra Reclamation. The 6 lakh square feet plot [...] Continue Reading »
It is all because of BBMP who will make it possible for slum dwellers to stay near a mall. Slum dwellers of Ejipura will soon shift to a new group housing complex which will be constructed besides a mall. The proposal of developing a housing complex and a mall in the Koramangala area was signed [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai is the only city traced till now which does not even spare the slum dwellers from paying property or any such taxes! “Is it that necessary to collect property tax for slum dwellers?” This sounds pathetic, indeed! There are no traces as to why the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is levying tax burden on [...] Continue Reading »
An NGO recently conducted a survey on water supply project. This survey was mainly concentrated on slum dwellers in Bangalore city. It came as a surprising news that the slum dwellers are paying hefty sum for the water supply. Even after government is spending lakhs and crores on providing proper water supply, this is what [...] Continue Reading »
Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) will be soon be commencing the provision of affordable housing to the slum dwellers. The Kolkata government has planned to launch this on a pilot project basis at present at Bhubaneswar. Experts from state Housing and Urban Development department say that soon after the launch in Bhubaneswar, they will be looking [...] Continue Reading »
It came as a shocking news when Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has shown interest in applying the property tax on every slum dweller staying in the city. Slum dwellers residing in the chawls, whether legal or illegal have to abide by the rule. According to a report, around 52.5% of the population in the city [...] Continue Reading »
The rate of slums in India are more than countable. Even though slums are emerging from two or three decades, it comes as a surprising news that only less than 1000 families claim ownership. Even today Dharavi in Mumbai, once Asia’s largest slum till date has more than 59,000 tenements in it and hardly 20 [...] Continue Reading »
It came as a surprising news for the BEST vigilance department, which recently learnt that the slum dwellers in south Mumbai are faking the power bills. The same was discussed at the BEST committee meeting. But later on the truth came into light that this was a fake complaint lodged by Political committee member Masood [...] Continue Reading »
Residents have been complaining about the nuisance created by illegal shacks and slums in and around Sushant Lok-1. The main reason is landowners renting out the vacant open spaces to slum dwellers for more money. The Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has sidelined those owners and have booked complaints against them. Now, the slum dwellers [...] Continue Reading »
Punjab government is in a mad rush regularizing all the illegal colonies only because of the upcoming elections. Also, the government is forced to arrange land for the slum dwellers. According to the recent study, the high cost of housing for the poor has become a major concern. Therefore real estate in Punjab has claimed [...] Continue Reading »
