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The civic body presently provides a water connection to a group of five slum dwellers at a minimum.

Can't supply water to solitary slum dweller, says BMC

Nearly 2.25 lakh water connections in the city have been provided to slums.

29 Oct 2018 6:23 AM IST

The slum encroachment in Vikhroli near Kannamwar Nagar in 2010 (left) and 2017 (right).

Encroachment on mangroves doubles

The mangrove body is going to carry out demolitions in Ghatkopar, Wadala, Charkop, Malvani among others.

1 Jan 2018 1:32 AM IST

A division bench of Justices Ranjit More and Anuja Prabhudessai was hearing the PIL filed by activist Rahim Shaikh through advocate Vishwanath Patil.

SRA halfway through the biometric survey

The data is gathered by the authority to detect the slum dwellers eligible for rehabilitation.

23 July 2018 2:01 AM IST

The man barged into Block Office of Damoh with a hatchet to threaten a government official for not releasing funds allotted to his father under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY). (Photo: ANI)

Man barges into Block Office in MP's Damoh with hatchet to threaten...

PMAY, implemented in 2015, aims to fulfil the housing requirement of urban poor including slum dwellers.

10 May 2019 1:25 PM IST

Bombay high court

Court stays demolition of vikhroli slums

As the fundamental and constitutional rights of the residents were being violated, the petition sought a stay on the...

3 Jun 2018 6:28 AM IST

The 2011 census data shows 65 million people live in slums across the country. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

In historic move, Odisha to give property rights to slum dwellers

The state cabinet has approved two ordinances to assign land and property rights to about two lakh slum dwelling...

9 Aug 2017 8:03 AM IST

The BMC demolished encroachments in Ghatkopar.

Won't move to Mahul, say slum dwellers

Acting on the high court's directives, the civic body has started demolition of encroachments near Tansa pipeline in...

20 April 2017 3:09 AM IST

Manya Kalra with Sana Kharbanda.

Teens raise Rs 4 lakh for drinking water in slums

It was then that Sana and Manya zeroed on the idea of providing the residents with water filters.

7 Feb 2017 2:48 AM IST

Devendra Fadnavis

Is BJP banking on shanties for votes?

Those who are living in the state for more than 15 years can get a domicile certificate.

14 Dec 2017 1:25 AM IST