Managing Covid-19 in India’s Cities: Reshaping people’s everyday lives in poorer urban neighbourhoods

This project has examined the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people living in low-income neighbourhoods in three Indian cities (Ahmedabad, Chennai, and Thiruvananthapuram), tracing how disease control and welfare measures have reshaped livelihoods and state-society relationships.

Rajaji Nagar View
Rajaji Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), a neighbourhood where many sanitation workers continued working throughout lockdown
About the project 
VKP Nagar Image
VKP Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala), a neighbourhood that organised its own community kitchen during the pandemic
The team 
Perumbakkam Image
Perumbakkam, Chennai (Tamil Nadu), a resettlement project in which local NGOs provided core relief services
Core findings 
Dissemination workshop
Prof Darshini Mahadevia chairs a panel discussion at the dissemination conference
Dissemination and events