India - Delhi - Slum Living

Tehkhand Slum, Delhi, India. Indian slums are characterized as a run-down area of a city with substandard housing, squalor and lacking in security. They are home to increasing numbers of people and families who are usually very poor or socially disadvantaged. Most slums lack clean water, sanitation and other basic services, and as such they pose a serious threat to public health as infectious diseases are able to spread easily, such as Tuberculosis (TB) and cholera.

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Tehkhand Slum, Delhi, India. Indian slums are characterized as a run-down area of a city with substandard housing, squalor and lacking in security. They are home to increasing numbers of people and families who are usually very poor or socially disadvantaged. Most slums lack clean water, sanitation and other basic services, and as such they pose a serious threat to public health as infectious diseases are able to spread easily, such as Tuberculosis (TB) and cholera.