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State, builders claim Mumbai’s salt pans are key to solving housing crisis. Is their plan viable?

The vast tracts of land are a part of the coastal ecosystem and unsuitable for development. Improving services in slums is a better option instead, say experts.

Sneha
· Sep 08, 2024 · 06:46 pm
Why displaced slum residents in Delhi want to vote NOTA

Voters are angry that neither the Aam Aadmi Party nor the BJP have helped them while promising subsidised housing for other untouched settlements.

Sneha
· May 24, 2024 · 06:30 am
How extreme heat is taking a heavy toll on those with no option but to work in the harsh Delhi sun

Construction workers, delivery executives and a host of others are vulnerable to heat stress.

Sneha
· Jun 02, 2023 · 09:00 am

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Behind Gujarat’s beautiful fabrics, the invisible lives of boiler workers

Mostly Adivasi migrant workers who keep the factory boilers burning are compelled to work long, brutal hours and live in squalid conditions.

Sneha
· Apr 29, 2023 · 06:30 am