MYSTERIOUS: Kirby place - What They Never Told You

Few kilometres from PM’s residence, Delhi slum residents still defecate in open, despite ODF claims

Every morning when he’s in Delhi, the prime minister wakes up at his residence in 7, Lok Kalyan Marg – a sprawling 12-acre complex with gardens inhabited by peacocks and other wildlife.

Newslaundry · Apr 22, 2025

India is open defecation free. Not near where the prime minister lives

Every day, Suman, 32, wakes up early, fills up a lota or a plastic water bottle and walks out to the forest adjoining the Kirby Place slum in central Delhi to relieve herself. As do hundreds of men, women and children from the slum. Kirby Place is supposed to be…

Newslaundry · Nov 22, 2022