Pune may be an IT city with a middle-class, cosmopolitan slant, but with 40 per cent of the population living in slums, it is they who will call the shots when it comes to electing representatives in the state assembly and the Lok Sabha.
With a high voting turnout, slums are important vote banks, so political parties are making sure that every voter here gets a voter identity card (ID).
The Town and Country Planning Organisation (TCPO), the technical arm of the ministry of urban development, government of India, ranks PUNE third in the cities with the largest number of slums in India.
Forty per cent of PUNE's population, an estimated 14 lakh people, live in slums. Mumbai stands first with 55 per cent of its population in slums, followed by Meerut with a slum population of 44 per cent.
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With a high voting turnout, slums are important vote banks, so political parties are making sure that every voter here gets a voter identity card (ID).
The Town and Country Planning Organisation (TCPO), the technical arm of the ministry of urban development, government of India, ranks PUNE third in the cities with the largest number of slums in India.
Forty per cent of PUNE's population, an estimated 14 lakh people, live in slums. Mumbai stands first with 55 per cent of its population in slums, followed by Meerut with a slum population of 44 per cent.
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