India- World Habitat Day

An Indian laborer’s child sits alongside the wall of his temporary (makeshift) home at a construction site in the northern Indian city of Amritsar 04 October, 2009. The United Nations has designated the first Monday of October every year as World Habitat Day. The idea is to reflect on the state of our towns and cities and the basic right of all to adequate shelter. It is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility for the future of the human habitat.

Two Indian rag pickers take food under highly unhygienic conditions while sitting on the ground nearby their temporary (makeshift) home in the northern Indian city of Amritsar 04 October, 2009.