Slum Dewllers – Mumbai has largest slum population
Source – The Times of India – TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai has largest slum populationTIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: Greater Mumbai is home to the country’s largest population of city slum dwellers in the country, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. Mumbai, the country’s economic capital, is followed by Delhi, Kolkata, and Chennai.
Minister of state for housing and urban poverty alleviation Kumari Selja informed the House that there were approximately 64,75,440 slum dwellers in Greater Mumbai while Delhi had 18,51,231 people living in slums.
With around 14,85,309 slum dwellers, Kolkata is in the third place while 8,19,873 people live in slum clusters in Chennai. Next comes Hyderabad with around 6,26,849 people living in slums.
The total slum population of the country, according to a survey by the Registrar General of India, is approximately 4.26 crore. This figure could be much higher as the government’s data is based on reports from only 640 towns and cities of the country.
Bihar’s capital Patna has the smallest population of slum dwellers—3,592—in the list of 13 cities, which included Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Publication:Times Of India Mumbai; Date:Aug 18, 2006; Section:Times Nation; Page Number:16