Abstract: The study of slums has been made on sociological, economic, cultural, political, ethic, demographic and economic basis. Slums are a building, a group of building or area characterized by over- crowding. Deterioration, in sanitary condition or absences of facilities or amenities, which because of these condition or any of them endangered the health, safety or morals of the inhabitants of the community. This is most comprehensive definition touching upon all the aspects of life of people living in slum. It is an area of substandard housing condition with in a city. Slum a highly populated area in which housing and other living condition are extremely poor. The phenomenon of slum is regarded as a challenge for the Chennai city of Tamil Nadu, Chennai is the fourth largest metropolis. It has a population of 46.81 lakh by 2011 census; it is expected to grow more by 50.08 lakh. This study was a special for given to drinking water supply system of slums of Chennai city with correlation analysis.
Keywords: Amenities, Challenge, Building, Inhabitants, Extremely, Deterioration.
Title: Slum Population in Chennai City
Author: E. Hemavathy
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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