The Bombay High Court has held that access to adequate sanitation and toilet facilities constitutes a basic human right ...

The HC held that the BMC, particularly when the land in question belongs to it, is duty-bound to provide an adequate number of toilets and maintain them “so that the hygiene and health of the slum ...

People look on to the slum that burnt out in Dhaka People look on to the slum that burnt out in Dhaka DHAKA (Reuters) - About 3,000 people in Bangladesh were left homeless after a massive fire ...

A massive fire tore through a coastal shanty town in the Philippine capital on Sunday, leaving at least 2,000 families homeless as flames billowed for nearly eight hours. Drone footage from the Manila ...

MUMBAI: In a move that will expedite the redevelopment of Mumbai’s slums, the state government on Thursday said the consent of slum residents is not required for the slum cluster redevelopment scheme.

MUMBAI: In yet another order that shot down acquisition by the Maharashtra government and Slum Rehabilitation Authority of an upscale private property in Mumbai, the Supreme Court on Friday upheld a ...

In its effort to reduce the number of slums by five per cent annually in Lagos State, Lagos State Urban Renewal Agency (LASURA) has concluded plans to begin the regeneration of slum areas in Bariga ...

We have race to-the-top competitions in education and I'm advocating such a race in urban renewal in slum areas. I'm saying that we can have grants to stimulate growth in slum areas. We've had trickle ...