Articles contributed by users Slums - News Articles Library of Articles related to Slums IE: Tenders to be floated for consultants: September 29, 2011 LM: The country must stop looking at slums as a problem: July 20, 2011 TOI: Non-slum buildings not part of redevelopment schemes: April 14, 2011 IE: Rs 50,000-cr fraud in STP allotment: Somaiya’s PIL: March 09, 2011 TOI: Chavan all for scrapping of free housing policy: March 9, 2011 HT: Experts prepare road map to make city slum-free: March 07, 2011 DNA: Slum-free Mumbai by 2015, says BMC: Mar 4, 2011 TOI: State gifts 6 builders 500 acres of slum land: February 01, 2011 DNA: Business students will help slums become green: January 02, 2011 IE: Corporators want tighter laws against slum encroachments: December 30, 2010 DNA: Anti Corruption Bureau probes Rs4.5-cr slum rehab ‘scam’: December 15, 2010 TOI: Maha slum definition flawed: Panel report: November 16, 2010 IE: Private players get mega sops to rehabilitate slums: October 22, 2010 IE: State bans sale of SRA flats for 10 yrs: October 21, 2010 HT: No corruption in slum rehab projects: July 28, 2010 TOI: Slumdwellers duped in housing scam: July 18, 2010 BS: Urban India will look like one giant slum by 2030: April 23, 2010 DNA: 90,000 slums near Mumbai airport to be rehabilitated: Praful Patel: April 14, 2010 DNA: Arogya Abhiyan to reach out to slums, tackle fatal communicable diseases: April 10, 2010 DNA: Slums near pipelines in Mumbai will have to go: April 10, 2010 TOI: BMC zooms in on slums with satellite imagery: March 30, 2010 DNA: Onus of slum-free Maharashtra will be on officials: Ashok Chavan: April 06, 2010 BS: Redevelp. schemes take a static view of slums, whereas they are really evolving ecosystems -December 09, 2009 LM: Builders make a beeline for slum projects: January 12, 2010 High-powered panel will probe slum rehab cases: HC -The other PIL was filed by activist Shailesh Gandhi claiming that over 80 complaints in SRA cases we Every second person in Mumbai resides in slum: UNDP report -These families do not have amenities like TV, fridge, fan, toilets in their house ... Poor qualities Court directs panel to probe SRA complaints -Mumbai: All's not well with the the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) ... by the Anti-Corruption B ET: Govt to roll out Rs 225k-cr plan to house slum dwellers: August 12, 2009 Govt dreams of creating a slum free India in 5 years -My government's effort would be to create a slum free India in five years through Rajiv Awas Yojana DNA: Dharavi formula: Pay more for extra space: May 26, 2009 ET: Bestow heritage status on Dharavi: March 19, 2009 TOI: BMC admits its officials part of slum racket: Feb 23, 2009 IE: Dharavi project gets an expert panel: January 29, 2009 FPJ: Ruia students lend a helping hand to slum studies: September 17, 2008 DNA: Keepers of slum sanitation ask for incentives from BMC: August 28, 2008 LM: Needed: a better slum policy: August 28, 2008 TOI: 12 years on, they wait for fruits of SRA project: August 11, 2008 TOI: FSI for slum rehab to be hiked to 4: July 09, 2008 MM: Bangalore's 'voice of slums': June 12, 2008 IE: UGC programme for rehab of slum dwellers: May 20, 2008 TOI: Tenants fight for self-redevelopment of chawl: May 05, 2008 TOI: Activists seek concrete date for slum rehab plan: April 21, 2008 DNA: Vito Corleones rule the roost in Chembur slums: April 08, 2008 TOI: Information for project affected people MM: Dharavi’s just a click away: Feb 27, 2008 IE : A slum sanitation plan for the fringes that works wonders : Oct 22,2007 IE : Makeover critic to count Dharavi beneficiaries : Oct 3,2007 -Magsaysay awardee Jockim Arputham bags SRA contract for cadastral, biometric household BS : Housing the poor : Sept 18,2007 -For the first time in history, more people will begin to live in cities than in villages IE : City slums go eco-friendly, spread environmental awareness : Sept 25, 2007 TOI : ASI welcomes HC order on caves : Sept 8, 2007 -The ASI wants to clear encroachments with BMC help at the Jogeshwari caves TOI : Slum-dwellers air grievances at SRA public hearing : Sept 13, 2007 TOI : Slum Makeover : Sept 11, 2007 -State Plans Satellite Imaging, Finger Printing To Avoid Bogus Allotments IE : Film society for slum dwellers seeks to bring home lessons on harmony : Sept 12, 2007 -Initiated by PMC employees, unions and Lokayat IE : Slum Regularisation: State Moves SC : Mar 7, 2007 -The State has filed a Special Leave Petition (SLP) in the SC on the issue. TOI : Relocating Slums From the Jungle : Apr 2, 2007 -The first batch of slum dwellers will be shifted to flats in the next 15 days. IE : Pune : World Bank looks at replicating Pune's sanitation project : Sep 25, 2006 -World Bank team is in the city to study Pune Municipal Corporation's Slum Sanitation Programme IE : Mumbai : How New York could see its reflections in Dharavi : Sep 25, 2006 -Rs 10,000-cr makeover of Asia's largest slum takes off TOI : Mumbai:Slums:Govt scheme to rid pavements of shanties : Oct 4,2006 -we are also planning to introduce private participation in the project TOI : Rich at heart, this IIT-ian serves poor : Oct 15, 2006 -Slums in Kandivili provide shelter to sweepers, maids, trash collectors, rickshaw drivers etc. Dharavi