Stemming the spread of the pandemic in the city’s slums and congested areas is turning to be one of biggest challenges for the state and city administration. Arun Kumar tells Hindustan Times there is an urgent need to recognise that different pockets or wards of the city are differently equipped to handle the challenges thrown up by the pandemic.
The insistence on individualised identification by donors throws up several questions on dignity of data and privacy. In this article for The Quint, Arun Kumar and Raghunandan Hegde talk about The ‘Responsible Data Policy’ developed by Apnalaya and what elements it is based on.
The insistence on individualised identification by donors throws up several questions on dignity of data and privacy. In this article for IDR, Arun Kumar and Raghunandan Hegde talk about The ‘Responsible Data Policy’ developed by Apnalaya and what elements it is based on.
This South China Morning Post article talks about how with one toilet per 1,200 people, not enough clean drinking water and outbreaks of drug-resistant tuberculosis, the Govandi slums make health officials nervous. Yet fewer than 200 of the area’s 800,000 or so inhabitants have been tested for coronavirus – a shortfall which could be masking its true spread
