This aerial picture taken on June 2, 2018 shows a view of houses painted in bright colours at a fishing area in Mumbai. Mumbai's slums are getting a colourful makeover thanks to an organisation that aims to change how people perceive deprived areas in India's financial capital. / AFP PHOTO / PUNIT PARANJPE
BANGKOK: Satellites and drones are driving efforts by Indian states to map informal settlements in order to speed up the process of delivering services and land titles, officials said.
The eastern state of Odisha aims to give titles to 200,000 households in urban slums and those on the outskirts of cities by the end of the year.
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