Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum, is on the brink of a Rs 96,000 crore makeover. This Weekend Edit explores how the gritty heart ...

Despite global efforts to improve housing and reduce urban poverty, slums remain a defining feature of many fast-growing cities in the developing world. ・Slums persist as a major issue in many ...

Both airports are operated by the Adani Group, with flight operations from Navi Mumbai due to commence later this year. The ...

Fifty years later, that swampy area — once a fishing village and rubbish dump — is now Dharavi, one of Asia’s biggest slums and a bustling hub of industry in India’s financial capital.

MUMBAI – In Dharavi, India’s biggest slum, childcare centre worker Shobha Pravin Patil dreams of a kitchen with a refrigerator, clean water at the turn of a tap, a dining table for sit-down ...

In a major push to transform one of Asia’s largest slum clusters, the Maharashtra government has approved the master plan for ...

I grew up in Kenya’s Kibera slum, the largest urban slum in Africa, and experienced extreme poverty firsthand. I was a street child, constantly scraping by for food and water, and lacking basic ...

In fact, Acuzar said, the Philippines may already have the largest slum area in the world given the lack of affordable housing in the country. “The moment na nagkaka-problema sa housing ...