A massive fire tore through one of Dhaka’s largest slums on Tuesday evening (November 25, 2025), leaving thousands of people homeless and turning rows of tin-roofed shanties into charred rubble, ...

A massive fire tore through one of Dhaka's largest slums on Tuesday evening, leaving thousands of people homeless and turning rows of tin-roofed shanties into charred rubble, officials said. The blaze ...

The Maharashtra Housing Department released a Government Resolution (GR) on November 13, introducing a new approach to slum cluster development in the state. The policy, approved by the Maharashtra ...

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Despite Rs 175 crore spent in four years, just 58 slums cleared across state; 45 lakh people living in ramshackle housing Even as Bengaluru positions itself as India’s tech capital, it continues to ...

NEW DELHI: The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) aims to map every slum structure in Mumbai by the end of December 2025 as part of a technology-driven reform initiative aimed at accelerating slum ...

Mumbai's BMC has identified nearly 8,000 commercial units operating within slum areas, generating approximately Rs 21 crore in property tax. This initiative aims to bring these businesses, previously ...

Work, shopping, church and the pub kept different classes apart far more than 'residential segregation' in 1850s Manchester, undermining key assumptions about the Industrial Revolution. Historians ...

The Maharashtra Cabinet has approved a scheme to redevelop Mumbai's slums into integrated housing projects, aiming to improve living conditions and urban infrastructure. Additionally, a state-wide ...

Mumbai: The state cabinet on Tuesday approved the implementation of the slum cluster redevelopment scheme through Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) for projects on large private, govt, and semi-govt ...

On Tuesday, the UT Estate Office reclaimed around 4.5 acres of government land worth ₹250 crore, after demolishing the slum. The settlement comprised around 300 huts and tenements, housing nearly ...