Write 5 -5 features each of tenments & chawls.
Asked by vatsalchoudhary41
| 17th Jul, 2015,
03:38: AM
Expert Answer:
Tenements:
- Tenements were owned by individual landlords and were not governmnet provided housing.
- They were cheap and unsafe in terms of the living conditions they provided to the inhabitants.
- Most of the tenements were in fact one room houses.
- Tenements were overcrowded, badly ventilated, and lacked sanitation facilities.
- Tenements were also likely to fall victim to fire hazards.
Chawls:
- Chawls were largely inhhabited by migrant workers working in the textile factories of Bombay.
- Chawls were constructed in the 'native areas' of the city of Bombay.
- Chawls were multi storeyed structures.
- They were owned by largely private landlords like bankers, merchants and building contractors looking to earn quick money by exploiting migrant workers.
- Each chawl was divided into smaller one-room tenements which had no private toilets.
- Tenements were owned by individual landlords and were not governmnet provided housing.
- They were cheap and unsafe in terms of the living conditions they provided to the inhabitants.
- Most of the tenements were in fact one room houses.
- Tenements were overcrowded, badly ventilated, and lacked sanitation facilities.
- Tenements were also likely to fall victim to fire hazards.
Chawls:
- Chawls were largely inhhabited by migrant workers working in the textile factories of Bombay.
- Chawls were constructed in the 'native areas' of the city of Bombay.
- Chawls were multi storeyed structures.
- They were owned by largely private landlords like bankers, merchants and building contractors looking to earn quick money by exploiting migrant workers.
- Each chawl was divided into smaller one-room tenements which had no private toilets.
Answered by Soumil Shukla
| 17th Jul, 2015,
04:20: PM
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