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The cities of India have terrible slums. Thousand
of slum dwellers sleep in the streets because they have no homes.
Others live in shelters made of scraps of wood or metals. Most India
slum buildings have at least one whole family, and often more, living in
a small room. . . . Many of these areas have no public sanitation
at all. In the early 1970's, the Indian government began replacing
many slum buildings with low-cost public housing.
(Left) Bombay, India's largest city, has more than 8 million people. Modern high-rise apartment and office buildings stand in parts of thei city, but most of Bombay's people live in crowded slums. (World Book vol 10, 100) |