63.67 million urban and rural Indians do not have adequate housing.
A survey of 1186 households in Bangalore’s Devarjeevanahalli slum, a large notified slum in Bangalore, characterized by poverty, overcrowding, hazardous living conditions, and social complexities uncovered that over 70.4% of the population were below the poverty line and and forced to live in dilapidated huts.
Most slum dwellers work as drivers, domestic helpers, cooks, construction laborers, vegetable and fruit vendors, etc. Their income is just enough to feed them and afford a bare minimum of housing. There are thousands of shanties just in our city that need to be converted into safe and hygienic homes.
