Media for social change

As over half the population of Mumbai lives in slums, the regularization of slum tenements is a major election issue. In the 2009 elections, the Maharshtra State government decided to regulaize all slums established until the year 2000. In other words, slums built after that, or those who would have been under the "cutoff" but had their homes demolished before the regulation was implemented are to face further evictions and demolitions.