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  2. 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

  3. 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 ...

  4. Illegal housing in India - Wikipedia

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    Hut communities, or slums, may be managed by slum lords, which may have access to water, but rarely sewer facilities. [17] The term "slum" does not in all cases mean that the community is an illegal one; some slums are legal housing communities. [18] As of 2009 there were about 170 million people living in slums.

  5. With no food or money, India's slum dwellers struggle - AOL

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    To die of the coronavirus or die of hunger - many in India's slums feel like they are in a desperate predicament. Bharpai, a 54-year-old grandmother, who lives on the fringes of New Delhi is ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Category:Slums in India - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Slums in India" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * List of slums in India; B.

  8. 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]

  9. Dharavi - Wikipedia

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    At India's independence from colonial rule in 1947, Dharavi had grown to be the largest slum in Bombay and all of India. It still had a few empty spaces, which continued to serve as waste-dumping grounds for operators across the city. [13] Bombay, meanwhile, continued to grow as a city.