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Joshi seeks funds for solving problems of Dharavi dwellers
New Delhi, July 26: Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi has urged Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to provide adequate resources to solve the problem of housing and toilet facilities of thousands of people of Dharavi in Mumbai who were living in inhuman conditions in slums.
New Delhi, July 26: Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi has urged Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to provide adequate resources to solve the problem of housing and toilet facilities of thousands of people of Dharavi in Mumbai who were living in inhuman conditions in slums.
Joshi said Dharavi, described as the largest slum in Asia, lacked not only proper housing but toilet facilities as a result of which it was prone to various health problems.
He said that Dharavi also faced transportation, drinking water, drainage and sewerage problems.
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He said that Dharavi also faced transportation, drinking water, drainage and sewerage problems.
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