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Affordable housing: The Shanghai Model
Edit Yahoo Daily News 17 Apr 2016
Unlike Mumbai — one of the costliest real estate markets— which has relied on giving free houses to slum dwellers and construction of a few low-cost houses for the general public, Shanghai has adopted four approaches to affordable housing for different types of residents — low rent housing, a public rental housing system, houses on shared ownership, and houses for people relocated from old dilapidated buildings....
City lags in affordable hsg, needs good plans: Experts
Edit The Times of India 17 Apr 2016
According to them, this shortage of housing had put a large burden of unorganized housing, slums, and demand for high FSI on the maximum city, which could put a heavy strain on existing infrastructure such as congestion on roads and demand for water ... To reduce slums lowering property prices, increasing affordable housing stock for all categories and creating rental housing are the measures," experts such as B C Khatua have suggested ... ....
This firm has no drainage system, recycles 98% of waste water
Edit Indian Express 17 Apr 2016
Share This Article. Related Article. Ghatkopar slum dwellers to get washing machines in community toiletsIIT-Delhi plans to make campus waste-free,eco-friendlyDelhi's five-star hotels asked to cut down water consumptionJal Board green signal for 30 structures with water-harvesting facilitiesPending nod,Bhima river plan yet to floatWater basics. jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery('.rel-article').bxSlider({ maxSlides ... 3 }); });....
State to study low-cost housing schemes of Brazil, Shanghai
Edit Indian Express 17 Apr 2016
Maharashtra government has set a target of creating 19 lakh affordable houses in the state in five years ... It has set a target of creating 19 lakh affordable houses in the state in five years ... The conclave ended Saturday in Mumbai ... Related Article ... The model, however, does not provide free housing unlike Mumbai’s slum rehabilitation scheme and is designed for working class families with a range of benefits, determined as per their needs....
Woman of Letters: Meeting William and Kate
Edit DNA India 17 Apr 2016
--> ... Dear Mrs Big Bucks,. Thank you for your email in response to your invitation for the gala charity dinner to be held on occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to India ... Security ... b) The royal couple is aware that Dharavi will be very hot and sticky and that the buffet at the Taj Land's End's Italian restaurant might be a better way to see the suburbs, but they are already committed to visiting the slum ... ....
UT to conduct fresh biometric survey of left-out slum dwellers
Edit Indian Express 16 Apr 2016
Slum colony no ... In its pursuit to make City Beautiful a slum-free city, the Chandigarh Administration has decided to conduct a fresh biometric survey of slum dwellers, who were found ineligible or left out for rehabilitation during the survey conducted in 2006 ... CHB chairman Maninder Singh asserts that the decision of conducting a fresh biometric survey has been taken as the administration aims at making the city slum-free by 2017....
Affordable housing — The Shanghai model
Edit Indian Express 16 Apr 2016
Unlike Mumbai — one of the costliest real estate markets— which has relied on giving free houses to slum dwellers and construction of a few low-cost houses for the general public, Shanghai has adopted four approaches to affordable housing for different types of residents — low rent housing, a public rental housing system, houses on shared ownership, and houses for people relocated from old dilapidated buildings....
Mulund dumping ground becomes class battle zone
Edit The Hindu 16 Apr 2016
a class war between residents of high rises who are seeking its closure and slum dwellers who say their very existence depends on the waste ... For the slum dwellers, though, there is no room for health concerns. Kishan Jadhav, who has been living in this slum pocket since 1992, points to the many families who depend on the dumping ground for their livelihood....
Slum spurs player to act
Edit NZ Herald 16 Apr 2016
As much as former Blues player Michael Hobbs experienced during a professional rugby career which also saw him play for the Highlanders and more recently in Japan, few things were as rewarding as a recent stint in Nairobi volunteering... ....
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