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Friday, October 24, 2025
TopicUrban Slums

Topic: Urban Slums

The politicians who built Delhi’s Wazirpur slum. Its jhuggi to JCB story

Delhi’s jhuggis came up with political support, from power connections to special IDs. Hundreds of these dwellings have now been razed.

In-situ slum redevelopment scrapped, urban poor can build homes on land given by states under PMAY-U 2.0

Under PMAY 2.0, which subsumed slum redevelopment in other verticals, Centre targets construction of 3 crore new houses — 2 crore in rural areas & 1 crore in cities — over next 5 yrs.

Over 3 billion people will live in overcrowded slums by 2050. Urban poverty a global challenge

Globally, 1.6 billion people do not have access to adequate housing and this number is expected to grow to 2 billion by 2030.

‘Every day feels like a festival’: Rehabilitated slum families start afresh at DDA Kalkaji high-rise

About 1,100 of 1,862 beneficiaries have already moved in from jhuggis at Bhoomiheen Camp. Teething problems such as hard drinking water are being looked after by 12 DDA officials.

Delhi BJP uses Tamil writer Perumal Murugan’s photo to ‘show slum residents’ in outreach drive

The mistake was spotted on promotional material for the Delhi BJP's Jhuggi Samman Yatra campaign, held across slums in the city.

12% slum households in India still without LPG connection. Five ways to improve access

In a rapidly urbanising India, the exclusion of urban poor from energy access will have severe long-term implications on their health and economic development.

On Camera

Piyush Pandey brought the language of small towns into ad agency corridors: Prasoon Joshi

Piyush was about celebration—of life, of people, of stories. He believed that what we create can shape popular culture, can make people feel proud of who they are.

US sanctions Rosneft & Lukoil: What we know of 2 oil giants that produce half of Russia’s crude

Rosneft, the Russian state-owned oil behemoth, has large interests in India. Reliance has a contract to purchase 500,000 barrels of crude per day from the firm.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

CJI, IPS, IAS & Homebound: A wake-up call 75 years in the making

Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.