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Thousands of people in Calcutta have no jobs and no
proper ___1___.
They live crowded ___2___ in homes made out of mats,
boxes and rusty sheets
of tin. Many ___3___ to camp permanently in the railway
stations, cooking,
eating, sleeping and ___4___ their babies there. Babies
are born in the streets
and people die ___5___ too. As
___6___ as seventeen out of
___7___ hundred families live in the streets, having
___8___
else
to go. About one hundred thousand people sleep in
the streets every ___9___.
Many of these people are ___10___, for in a hot and
damp climate, fevers and
diseases ___1__ quickly. All the time, more and
___12___
people pour ___13___ the city, hoping to find a job and
a share ___14___ the city's wealth. Nothing the government
___15___, no matter how
___16___ it
tries ___17___ providing houses, schools and medical
services, ever quite
___18___ up with the increasing population. Most people
have become
___19___ to the sight of these homeless thousands
___20___
hardly notice them. |
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Thousands of people in Calcutta have no jobs and no
proper homes.
They live crowded together in homes made out of mats,
boxes and rusty sheets
of tin. Many have to camp permanently in the railway
stations, cooking,
eating, sleeping and
nursing their babies there. Babies
are born in the streets
and people die there too. As
many as seventeen out of
every hundred families live in the streets, having
nowhere
else
to go. About one hundred thousand people sleep in
the streets every night.
Many of these people are
sick, for in a hot and
damp climate, fevers and
diseases spread quickly. All the time, more and
more
people pour into the city, hoping to find a job and
a share of the city's wealth. Nothing the government
does, no matter how
hard it
tries by providing houses, schools and medical
services, ever quite
keeps up with the increasing population. Most people
have become
accustomed to the sight of these homeless thousands
and
hardly notice them. |
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