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Calcutta in crisis as population, poverty overwhelm city
AP Special Report details Calcutta’s dire conditions with 7 million residents, overcrowded bustees, 60 percent one room homes, cholera risk, and strained water, housing, and schools. UNCHS and Ford Foundation role noted alongside officials warnings that the city’s port, water, and growth could threaten wider Asia.
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Joe McGowan JR
Calcutta
India
Asia
Hooghly
Ganges
Subcontinent
East Pakistan
New York City
Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Organization
New York
World Health Organization
Ford Foundation
John P. Robin
Pennsylvania Planning Board
Arthur Row
Yale University
Charman
Department of City Planning
West Bengal
Bihar
Orissa
Assam
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