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  2. Homelessness in India - Wikipedia

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    About 78 million people in India live in slums and tenements. [10] 17% of the world's slum dwellers reside in India. [8] Subsequent to the release of Slumdog Millionaire in 2008, Mumbai was a slum tourist destination for slumming where homeless people and slum dwellers alike could be openly viewed by tourists. [11]

  3. List of slums in India - Wikipedia

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    An integrated slum dwelling and informal economy inside Dharavi of Mumbai. Dharavi slum started in 1887 with industrial and segregationist policies of the British colonial era. The slum housing, tanneries, pottery and other economy established inside and around Dharavi during the British rule of India. [2] [3] [4] Prem Sagar

  4. Illegal housing in India - Wikipedia

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    Illegal housing in India consists of huts or shanties built on land not owned by the residents (i.e., squatting) and illegal buildings constructed on land not owned by the builders or developers. Although illegal buildings may afford some basic services, such as electricity , in general, illegal housing does not provide services that afford for ...

  5. This is common across many slum redevelopments in India, said Kamath, describing these projects as top-down, with power held by a small group of private developers and state officials.

  6. Dharavi - Wikipedia

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    Dharavi compared to other great slums in the world. Map according to Mike Davis.. Dharavi is a residential area in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.It has often been considered to be one of the world's largest slums.

  7. India's Adani to convert Mumbai slum into modern city ... - AOL

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    Indian billionaire Gautam Adani on Thursday said he plans to convert India's largest slum in Mumbai, Dharavi, into a modern city hub, a huge challenge which would require the rehousing of around 1 ...

  8. List of slums - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of slums. A slum as defined by the United Nations agency UN-Habitat , is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing, squalor, and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the developing world between ...

  9. Slum - Wikipedia

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    For example, Dharavi slum of Mumbai – now one of the largest slums in India, used to be a village referred to as Koliwadas, and Mumbai used to be referred as Bombay. In 1887, the British colonial government expelled all tanneries, other noxious industry and poor natives who worked in the peninsular part of the city and colonial housing area ...