Question

The government has distributed * 2,22,57,630 among 612 slum areas. Find the share of each slum area. n​

Answer 1

People living in slum areas are also prone to suffer from waterborne diseases such as typhoid and cholera, as well as from more fatal ones like cancer and HIV/AIDS. Also, women and children living in slums are prone to become victims of social evils like prostitution, beggary and child trafficking.

Answer 2

The Challenge of Slums further recognizes the increasing emphasis, mainly by civil society and international

organizations, on security of tenure (for both owner-occupied and rental accommodation) and on housing and property rights

for the urban poor, especially their protection from unlawful eviction. For slum dwellers, security of tenure opens up

possibilities of raising credit for livelihood related activities. The report emphasizes the need for governments and local

authorities to build on these recent positive developments.