Every year, extreme rainfall during the monsoon season, which begins in June and ends in September, results in approximately ...

Mumbai: The state govt has sought a report from the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) on making slumdwellers living on the ...

Mumbai: As the Maharashtra government advances its vision to create a slum-free Mumbai, a recent fire in Dharavi near Mahim Station has highlighted the importance of this goal, not just as an urban ...

The estimated cost of the project stands between Rs 8 to 10 crore and launched after initiative by Colaba MLA and Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar. "This is the first time such ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - In Nehru Nagar, the teeming Mumbai slum featured in the Golden Globe-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire," the only music heard is on tiny radio sets and the young boys have no ...

(Bloomberg) -- Adani Group is set to begin mapping Dharavi, one of Asia’s largest slums in the heart of Mumbai, within weeks as part of a controversial and extensive face-lift of India’s financial ...

Children broke into Bollywood dance numbers and crowds cheered in the narrow lanes of a teeming Mumbai slum on Monday as their hometown heroes nabbed Hollywood's highest honors. Two of the child ...

MUMBAI: In a first, the BMC has unveiled a bustling commercial world lying behind the narrow lanes and corrugated roof-tops of Mumbai' slums. By identifying and levying tax on close to 8,000 such ...

(From right) Mumbai Suburban Guardian Minister Mangal Prabhat Lodha, Mumbai Suburban Collector Nidhi Chaudhary and Bhushan Desphande, Mumbai Suburban district planning officer Broken down and smelly ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - A slum portrayed in the award-winning film "Slumdog Millionaire" is at the center of a land controversy in Mumbai that has highlighted the challenges facing a booming India as it ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Three years ago an inquisitive American tourist wandered into a waterfront slum in Mumbai and met a tiny, smiley girl. Maleesha Kharwa is now 15, still tiny, and with the same ...