An international study on container-based sanitation (CBS) systems has found that this portable toilet option significantly improves the quality of life for people living in urban slums in Kenya, Peru ...

Millions of people in Lagos live in slums. Slums typically have poor housing infrastructure and sanitation, and limited access to education, health facilities and clean drinking water. These ...

Officials involved in the verification exercise say a clear pattern has emerged over recent weeks. Most people living in ...

Visakhapatnam: Visakhapatnam is known for its long coastline, expanding IT corridors, and fast-growing industrial space. Yet, ...

Living in Nairobi’s slums is tough – residents are 35% more likely to suffer from high blood pressure than those in rural areas Hypertension, commonly referred to as high blood pressure, is a ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As the United Nations prepares a 20-year plan to cope with the challenges of booming urbanization, residents of the world's five biggest slums are battling to ...

Opposition criticizes Lucknow mayor's visit to slums for targeting alleged illegal immigrants amid concerns of intimidation ...

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The Centre has already handed over as many as 95.54 lakh houses to beneficiaries under two schemes of Pradhan Mantri Awas ...

Lucknow: A team of Lucknow police and Local Intel Unit (LIU) on Monday carried out an extensive verification drive in the ...

Why do slums co-exist with affluent neighbourhoods? Mukuru with South B, Kangemi with Loresho, Githogori with Runda, Mathare with Muthaiga, Deep Sea with Spring Valley? Other towns outside Nairobi ...

In a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that it has done planning, and claimed that the saffron party would bring down the slums in ...