Improve miserable SRA living quarters

The planning committee for Mumbai’s new development plan has recommended a review of the builder-driven Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme, which has created “miserable living” conditions for slum dwellers dumped in congested high rises. Earlier this week, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said, “We will review the development control rules of SRA.” He was responding to […]

Poorly ventilated houses to resettle slum dwellers aggravate chances of TB

The planning committee for Mumbai’s new development plan has recommended a review of the builder-driven Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) scheme, which has created “miserable living” conditions for slum dwellers dumped in congested high rises. Earlier this week, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said, “We will review the development control rules of SRA.” He was responding to […]

Prominent Mumbaikars write to Fadnavis for review of rehab policies to check TB spread

Prominent Mumbaikars write to Fadnavis for review of rehab policies to check TB spread

MUMBAI: Prominent citizens and civic activists have written to chief minister Devendra Fadnavis to review various resettlement policies that expose residents of crowded rehabilitation and redevelopment buildings to contagious diseases such as tuberculosis (TB). On Saturday, TOI reported on a survey commissioned by Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s Environment Improvement Society of 4,080 households in […]

1 in 10 living in slum rehab colony has TB; lack of air and light seen as cause

Slum-dwellers dumped in tightly-packed towers with poor light and ventilation are susceptible to a higher rate of tuberculosis (TB), a new study commissioned by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s Environment Improvement Society has revealed. In one such transit settlement in Govandi, the study found that every 10th person has TB. The MMRDA study, carried […]

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Doctors For You (DFY) Celebrates International Day For Disaster Reduction (IDDR) 13th October 2017 International Day for Disaster Reduction, held every 13 October, celebrates how people and communities around the world are reducing their exposure to disasters. The 2017 edition continues under the “Sendai Seven” campaign, centred on the seven targets of the Sendai Framework. […]