People examine the remains of their homes after a fire in a slum in Kolkata. Dozens of shanties were burnt when a fire broke out late Wednesday.
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People examine the remains of their homes after a fire in a slum in Kolkata. Dozens of shanties were burnt when a fire broke out late Wednesday.
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Residents salvage their belongings after a fire in the Baghbazar slum area on Wednesday evening, in Kolkata.
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Smoke billows from a slum area after fire broke out in it, at Bagbazar in Kolkata. At least 40 shanties were gutted in the fire with firefighters struggling for hours to bring the ...
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A man wearing mask as a precaution against the coronavirus sits inside a bus as it stops in Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai.
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People wearing masks as a precaution against the coronavirus wait at a bus stop in Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai.
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Gandhi Nagar residents collect their belongings amid heavy police deployment following the decision of Greater Chennai Corporation to evict them, in Chennai.
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Gandhi Nagar residents collect their belongings amid heavy police deployment following the decision of Greater Chennai Corporation to evict them, in Chennai.
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A health worker makes a marking on a wall during a door to door survey to screen people for tuberculosis and leprosy in Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai.
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Health workers screen people for tuberculosis and leprosy in Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai.
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A slum colony illuminated with lanterns and lights on the eve of the Diwali festival, in Mumbai.
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Students from a slum area, who do not have access to internet facilities and missed their online lessons, attend an open-air class to celebrate Children's Day/Diwali, at Yamuna Kha...
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People from various slums wait with their application letters seeking relief from demolition of their houses by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) outside its office in Ahmedaba...
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DPCC President Chaudhary Anil Kumar being greeted by slum dwellers resIding along the railway tracks, after Congress party filed a petition for them, New Delhi. The Supreme Court o...
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Residents of a slum near Sarai Rohilla Railway Station, in New Delhi. Supreme Court has directed the removal of 48,000 slum dwellings along the 140 km length of railway tracks in D...
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Students from a slum area in a group discussion with a woman during the Teachers' Day celebrations at Panchsheel Shikshan Sansthan, Yamuna Khadar Mayur Vihar, New Delhi.
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View of slum near Sarai Rohilla Railway Station, in New Delhi.
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View of slum near Sarai Rohilla Railway Station, in New Delhi.
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DPCC President Anil Choudhary and other leaders interact with residents of a slum near Sarai Rohilla Railway Station, in New Delhi. Supreme Court has directed the removal of 48,000...
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DPCC President Anil Choudhary and other leaders interact with residents of a slum near Sarai Rohilla Railway Station, in New Delhi. Supreme Court has directed the removal of 48,000...
The top court also restrained any court from granting any kind of stay with respect to removal of encroachments in the area and said in case any interim order is granted with respect to encroachments along railway tracks that shall not be effective.
Overcrowding in slums makes social distancing and self-quarantine quixotic, and place the slum dwellers at an increased risk of contracting an infection.
Prajakta Godbole's father Vilas earlier worked as a security guard but met with an accident and is paralysed now. Her mother Aruna used to work as a cook at a catering service, earning Rs 5000 to 6000 a month
PM Modi and Trump are scheduled to address over one lakh people at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera on February 24, as part of the "Namaste Trump" event.