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Slum dwellers sleep at Mumbai's Versova Beach to escape heat & power outages, visuals surface
short by Garima Garg / on Thursday, 18 June, 2026
Dozens of residents from nearby slum settlements are forced to sleep on Mumbai's Versova Beach at night and return home the following morning to escape the city's intense heat and frequent nighttime power outages. Visuals showed families bringing bedsheets and sleeping on sand overnight. This has sparked a wider public debate over access to basic amenities in the financial capital.
read more at Hindustan Times