A slum with 700 people living on the terrace of a multistorey Calcutta building
Since then, for over seven decades now, the slum on the terrace of Karnani Estate has been home to families whose ancestors ...
Indian slums get 'cool roofs' to combat extreme heat
By Amit Dave, Gloria Dickie and Shilpa Jamkhandikar AHMEDABAD (Reuters) - Hundreds of roofs in the informal settlements of ...
White Roofs, Cool Homes: Ahmedabad’s Slums Ready To Fight The Heat Using THIS Method
A global scientific trial in Ahmedabad is testing "cool roofs" by painting 400 slum homes with reflective white paint to ...
London Evening Standard5d
'It's like living in a Victorian slum': Tenant's nightmare in 'rat-infested' home -as council issues apology
It’s like I’m living in the Victorian slums era. I have to double pay ... surveyors were sent to the property to examine the condition of the home – however no work was ever carried ...
Deccan Chronicle10d
Delhi teen flees exams, found living in slum 2,000 kms away
A 17-year-old boy from Delhi escapes final exams, ends up working as a labourer at a construction site in Tamil Nadu ...