Colorless “Rangpuri Pahadi”

Rangpuri Pahaadi is a slum area near Ryan International School,Chatarpur in New Delhi, here people live in congested small houses with an improper drainage system and unhygienic conditions.

One side of the road has no water supply and on the other side there is water supply but only for 10 minutes in a day.

These people have innumerable complaints about their living conditions but there is no one to listen to their woes.
According to them politicians come to ask for their votes and make false promises but they are never fulfilled.

Inter-Caste

Caste differences in this area is very prevalent as some people consider the “others” as untouchables and inhuman, the situation is extreme as they don’t even share the only tube well they have in their area and prefer to get their own water tanks even if it means sacrificing other basic necessities of education their children and electricity.

Health Hazards

They have stagnant water at different places which is resulting in the spread of chronic diseases.
Though there is doctor stationed near their dwelling ground but he is not well qualified and is absent from the ill equipped clinic most of the times.

Education
Most of the children don’t go to school due to limited income of their family.
They have a small government school nearby which only teaches up to the 5th grade.

Money is a big hurdle in their way so many drop out of school mid-way and help their parents either at household chores or generate income by working as laborers or domestic helps at other home’s.