The Supreme Court Thursday cleared the decks for the redevelopment of the Bharat Nagar slum in Bandra (East) by dismissing an appeal filed by residents against the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) ...

The map below shows the location of Bangkok and Hanoi. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

The mass of shanties on the sixth floor of a landmark is no Tower of David, the skyscraper that Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez gave slum-dwellers, but it is home to many families for decades The City of ...

The ancient cistern had been modified to include a jacuzzi-style swimming pool, sauna and massage rooms and a hammam. Photo: AFP Turkish authorities have sealed off a luxury spa run by a five-star ...

Over several years, Hanoi has increasingly become an attractive destination for foreign workers, with approximately 10,000 new foreign workers are granted licences to work in the city each year. The ...

Mumbai: State housing board Mhada and the SRA (Slum Rehabilitation Authority) will expedite work on 17 slum redevelopment projects involving 25,000 homes being undertaken in joint partnership.

VIJAYAWADA: Om Shanti Charitable Trust, Vijayawada, an NGO, has become a lifeline for the underprivileged, particularly in slums. Founded by Chartered Accountant Sri Lakshmi Pinnamaneni ...

She lives in Korail, where 50,000 people live in less than half a square kilometre. It’s one of five slums in Dhaka. Also squeezed into the alley is a communal cooking area, where women huddle ...

Vietnam has promised to work with Japan to crack down on Vietnamese shoplifters in the East Asian country. In November, Japanese police arrested members of Vietnamese shoplifting groups that ...

Luxury on wheels: Bringing hygiene and dignity to women in slums Posted: February 14, 2025 | Last updated: February 14, 2025 The bus runs 12 hours a day, supporting the Swachh Bharat mission and ...

Of particular concern was the loss of the one-up-one-down cottage – better known as a 'slum house' – on the Garden Street side of the site. It is thought the slum house was one part of a wider ...