MUMBAI (Reuters) - The first sight for anyone flying into India's richest city is a sea of corrugated and tarpaulin-covered roofs beside a narrow, filth-choked river. Sign up here. It is an aerial ...

Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one-storey home crammed into a tangle of alleys - Copyright ENGINEER JEROME MARTINEZ/AFP Handout Bipinkumar Padaya (C) live in a one ...

Using data from the World Bank and the Participatory Slum Upgrading Program (PSUP) by the UN-Habitat, here are the top 10 countries with the highest slum population: The United Nations Human ...

Despite global efforts to improve housing and reduce urban poverty, slums remain a defining feature of many fast-growing cities in the developing world. ・Slums persist as a major issue in many ...

MUMBAI, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's property unit has formed a joint venture with Mumbai's slum rehabilitation authority to redevelop the Dharavi, a key step towards ...

On Saturday, India’s Adani Group, led by billionaire Gautam Adani, received final approval to commence the redevelopment of Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums located in the heart of Mumbai, ...

Maleesha Kharwa, an 18-year-old from Mumbai's Dharavi slum, has become an international modelling sensation. Spotting her ...

NEW DELHI — Kiran Dighavkar, a Mumbai official, realized the coronavirus could prove devastating for the city’s sprawling slum of Dharavi when he spent three hours trying to find a vacant ICU bed for ...