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| Article Name : | | | COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FLEXIBILITY OF STUDENTS DWELLING IN NON-SLUM AND SLUM AREAS OF MUMBAI | | Author Name : | | | Rajendra N. Shelke | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | ISRJ-376 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile | | Abstract : | | | Before 1950 slums were predominantly found around the mills, on the western part of the island, predominantly in an area called Byculla. They were mostly industrial workers in one room tenements. Health and provisions to these areas were issues that were ignored by the head policy makers. Instead of going away, the slums have just spread. From 1950 to1968 the population of slums increased 18%, in the 1970s they had a huge surge and by 1980 slum dwellers were half of the entire city's population. Despite the fact that the city underwent slum clearance, implemented by the Municipal Corporation in 1954, the BMC (Bombay Municipal Corporation) reported today slum dwellers make up 60% of Mumbai's population that is approximately 7 million people. The eventually spread into the areas neighboring Byculla, such as: Mahim Creek, Parel, Dadar and Matunga, Sion and wherever else they can find space, even in roads. The conditions in the slums are terrible. | | Keywords : | | - flexibility
- non-slum and slum areas
- health and provisions
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