How does Covid-19 aggravate the multidimensional vulnerability of slums in India? A Commentary
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Somenath Ghosh; Pallabi Seth; Harsha Tiwary
- Source
- Social Sciences and Humanities Open, Vol 2, Iss 1, Pp 100068- (2020)
- Subject
- Covid-19
Slums
Vulnerability
Informal worker
Physical distancing
Socio-economic factors
History of scholarship and learning. The humanities
AZ20-999
Social sciences (General)
H1-99
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2590-2911
The abrupt-hit of Covid-19 pandemic has not only wrecked terrible damage in India’s public health but also plunged the country into a deep socio-economic crisis. The prevalence of pandemic in cities has unquestionably augmented chronic distress among the urban poor living in a slum. Thus the paper strives to examine the contributing physical, social and economic factors that multiply the vulnerability of the slum dwellers due to Covid-19. And it also critically analyses the measures designed by the State to enable the slum dwellers in coping against Covid-19.