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.
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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.
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