BIHAR- Housing the Poor Dismal Performance

SLUMS Economies and Diseconomies of 'Clearance' D N Moorty THE recent demolition of slums situated on municipal lands, has been depicted at times as a step towards the eradication of these ghettoes of filth and misery. The Municipal Corporation has initiated demolition proceedings in five out of 18 wards. Some two lakhs of slum population have been affected