1,500 people evicted from slum in Dharamshala; rehabilitation uncertain

People living in Charan Khad slum for over three decades are now being chased away from Dharamshala as local authorities don’t want them to …

Open floodgates

Will mere slum removals along Mithi stop Mumbai floods?

Beautification drive

Civic authorities like to demolish slums. And, as NIDHI JAMWAL finds in the case of Delhi's Yamuna Pushta, such moves invariably also flout all …

5,000 families protest slum razing

One died during forced eviction  

2010 World Cup revamp: squatters evicted from Jo'burg

Demolish slums

But ensure good housing for all first

Rising above the muck

The residents of an unauthorised colony in Delhi battle all odds for a cleaner life

Dharavi's real estate threat

The Maharashtra government wants to redevelop Dharavi, Mumbai's sprawling slum. But its plan has not taken into account the fact that people not …