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

Some of the largest slums in Mumbai, India, may be nearing herd coronavirus immunity, a new serological survey found, Bloomberg reports. Social distancing is a challenge in the crowded Mumbai ...

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

Last month, researchers in one of India’s largest cities made a surprising discovery. Of the nearly 7,000 blood samples taken from people in Mumbai’s slums, 57% tested positive for coronavirus ...

Mumbai's monsoon deaths hit the poor hardest. Slum residents face higher risks from waterborne diseases and flood injuries. A ...

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 ...

CM Shinde`s directive came as a response to his visit to Vatsalatai Naik Nagar in Kurla CM Shinde expressed his commitment to improving the living conditions for the city`s slums CM Shinde directed ...

Even as reports of Mumbai's burgeoning slum population do the rounds daily, while burdening the city's infrastructure and Mumbai's tax payer, figures from the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai ...

A woman who recovered from COVID-19 donates blood plasma in Dharavi, Mumbai's largest slum. Indranil Mukherjee/AFP via Getty Images Slums in India are bucking the coronavirus uptick thanks to “herd ...

Some of the largest slums in Mumbai, India, may be nearing herd coronavirus immunity, a new serological survey found, Bloomberg reports. The study tested 6,936 people across three suburbs in Mumbai — ...