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POVERTY AND ITS EFFECT ON SLUM AREA LIVING PEOPLE
Dr. Renu Nainawat
Abstract:
Slums obvious deprivation that transcends income poverty. Slum dwellers in India are characterized by acute over-crowding, insanitary, unhealthy and dehumanizing living conditions. They are subject to insecure land tenure, lack of access to basic minimum civic services such as safe drinking water, sanitation, storm drainage, solid waste management, internal and approach roads, street lighting, education and health care, and poor quality of shelter.The word “slum†is used to describe informal settlements within cities with inadequate housing and miserable living conditions.Living in slums puts enormous social, economic, and financial burdens on households, and it can lead to intergenerational poverty. Many argue that slum dwellers are caught in a poverty trap—that living in slums makes it harder for households to escape poverty.Slum dwellers in India regularly deals with problems such as lack of clean water, constant migration at slums, no sewage or waste disposal facilities, pollution, and unsanitary living conditions.
