Visited a slum.
What is a slum?
A slum is a district of a city or town which is usually inhabited by the very poor or socially disadvantaged. Slums can be found in most large cities around the world. Through the terms are often now now used interchangeably, slums and ghettos differ in that ghetto refers to a neighborhood based on shared etnicity. Slums are also different from favelas or shanty towns, in that they consist of permanent (if low-quality) housing rather than less-durable shacks of cardboard or corrigated iron or newspaper.
Slum in Delhi ~ The present population of Delhi is about 13.9 million. Of this nearly 45% population lives in unauthorised colonies, rural villages and slums and JJ clusters. The current number of slum dwelling units is estimated at about 0.6 million and the population living in slums and Yamuna clusters in projected at about 3 million.
Out of the 0.6 million JJ units, nearly 62,000 units are estimated to be located in the river bed of Yamuna on both sides of its stretch along Delhi and on the and embankments of a few major storm water drain such as Najafgarh drain, Barapulla drain etc. During dry weather these slum dwellers use open areas around their units for defaecation. In ths way, the entire human walk generated from these 62,000 units along with additional waste water generated from their household is discharged untreated into the river Yamuna.
Big kiss from NDH / Gros becs de Delhi
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