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Title: 14.2% of people live in slums in state: Census
Source:The Tribune
Date:28 April 2013

At least 14.2 per cent of the urban population in Punjab lives in slums, says the census data released by the Directorate of Census Operations, Punjab. Out of 143 statutory towns in the state, 71 towns have slums. SBS Nagar and Barnala districts do not have slums. Electricity is available to 96.6 per cent of the slum households and 98 per cent urban households in the state. The percentage of slum households in Ludhiana, Amritsar and Jalandhar is 97.3, 97.4 and 99, respectively.




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