Indian website records slum lives, evictions to tackle housing crisis


A patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) receives oxygen inside an ambulance on the outskirts of Mumbai, India. Nearly 15 million people in India live under the threat of displacement, according to the HLRN that compiles an annual record of evictions. — Reuters

A new website that records the lives and evictions of slum dwellers in the Indian city of Delhi will help address the chronic shortage in affordable and adequate housing across the country, urban experts said on April 23.

The Missing Basti Project, launched earlier this month by a collective of researchers, compiles data from analysts and human rights groups, and is open to inputs from anyone.

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