Wanted, decent homes for Mumbai’s dabbawallas
October 6th, 2011 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 6 (IANS) For 120 years, they have ferried food for hundreds of thousands of Mumbaikars. Now, the city's famed dabbawallas (lunch box carriers) using their organisational skills to ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
India, China become leading nations to move urban population out of slums
March 19th, 2010 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, Mar. 19 (ANI): With India and China lifting more and more of their urban population out of slum-like conditions every year, 227 million people across the world have moved out of ... Read more...
Posted in World |
500,000 rental homes to check slum growth in Mumbai
August 30th, 2008 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 30 (IANS) Around 500,000 inexpensive rental homes, targeted at low income groups, are to be built within three years in an effort to arrest the proliferation of shanties in Mumbai.This ... Read more...
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