Slum Redevelopment

Maharashtra Assembly amends Slum Areas Act: Bill dilutes redevelopment plan, smacks of discrimination

While there is an urgent need to improve living conditions in slums and assist its dwellers with rebates under PMAY, the new Act smacks of discrimination.

Delhi's Kathputli Colony demolition: Residents protest the loss of homes, and a way of life

As approximately 2800 families to be relocated from Delhi’s well known Kathputli Colony in Shadipur await their new homes, and lose their old ones, photographer Sanjukta Basu is on hand to document the transition

Medha Patkar's fast enters sixth day, demands enquiry into slum demolition

Social activist Medha Patkar's indefinite fast to protest evictions in the Golibar area and to stop demolitions in the city, entered the sixth day today.