Before administering the SLUMS, the training video should be viewed and then annually reviewed. Read below for frequently asked questions about specific items on the exam. Item 1: Day of the Week The ...

"You go into slums and villages and it is a problem-rich environment." Hasit Ganatra saw people in the slums of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, and realised that their lives were blighted by the ...

Once known as an ungoverned wasteland beyond the reach of law, this gigantic slum is now slated for demolition in a few years, leading to the forced eviction of its residents. However, many refuse ...

Among the 1,697 SRA schemes in Mumbai, as per its official website, some are success stories, while others end up being vertical slums with a myriad of problems. (HT Photo) Once the redevelopment ...

Two brothers aged 14 and 17 were bound, assaulted, tonsured, stripped, and paraded in a Juhu slum on suspicion of theft. The incident was filmed and shared on social media. Police have arrested ...

Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Jose Rizalino Acuzar said the country’s slum areas have been expanding due to the lack of sufficient housing. In fact ...

Hundreds of slum dwellers from Nsoba slum in Kawempe Division thronged Nsoba gardens on September 22 to get lunch, a meal that is considered a luxury by most urban poor. By 8am, families that ...

MUMBAI – In Dharavi, India’s biggest slum, childcare centre worker Shobha Pravin Patil dreams of a kitchen with a refrigerator, clean water at the turn of a tap, a dining table for sit-down ...

Flats above a former optician’s in Hillsborough, Sheffield are set to be turned into two homes in multiple occupation – described by a local councillor as “modern slums”. Planning ...

As India strides toward modernization and globalization, it is leaving behind millions of people living in slums for whom the promise of development has no meaning. The rapid growth of slums ...

2:28 Ontario home renovation project sparks neighbourhood fury The mayor of an Ontario city struggling with rental and renovation problems says the rollout of a strict new landlord licensing pilot ...

More than five years later, the Pune Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) has initiated a slum rehabilitation scheme at Patil Estate slum, part of which was destroyed in a fire that broke out in ...