Indian slums get 'cool roofs' to combat extreme heat
By Amit Dave, Gloria Dickie and Shilpa Jamkhandikar AHMEDABAD (Reuters) - Hundreds of roofs in the informal settlements of ...
How a coat of paint is protecting the health of some of this city’s poorest residents
The initiative, covering 400 households, is part of a global scientific trial exploring the impact of indoor heat on health ...
Indian slums get cool roofs to beat the summer heat
In the informal settlements of India’s western Gujarat state, hundreds of roofs have been painted in a reflective, white ...
How a coat of paint is tackling extreme heat in an Indian slum
STORY: For the residents of this informal settlement in India's Gujarat, tackling extreme heat could be as simple as a lick ...
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The Telegraph21d
A Kolkata story: A slum with hundreds of people on the terrace of a multistorey building
A five- to six-member family shares space in each of the shanties. A narrow lane divides the dwellings on both sides of the terrace – just like a slum on the ground. Utensils, water-filled cans and ...
Voice of America5d
Indian slums get 'cool roofs' to combat extreme heat
In the Vanzara Vas slum in the Narol area of the city, which has more than 2,000 dwellings, most of them airless, one-room homes, residents that are part of the project, such as Nehal Vijaybhai ...
The Taipei Times4d
Indian slums get ‘cool roofs’ to combat extreme heat
Hundreds of roofs in the informal settlements of India’s western Gujarat state have been painted in a reflective, white coating over the past two months to try to keep their occupants cooler as the ...