The environment cannot be pollution free unless the dwelling community perceives the need for it. Providing essential services on the one hand and by educating the slum dwellers for the various environmental ethics is imperative for environmental protection. It is necessary in this respect to study the existing environmental conditions of the slum areas and to know how the concerned slum dwellers perceive about the environmental pollution. The present study is an attempt to evaluate environmental awareness and attitude among the slum dwellers. Results based upon the dwellers’ responses to various questions on environmental issues revealed that majority (67.78%) of the respondents had moderate level of environmental awareness. Among different gender groups there was no significant difference, while the educational and age groups respectively indicated significant difference for environmental awareness status. Similarly majority (85.79%) of the respondents had moderate level of environmental attitude, whereas educational and age groups respectively showed a significant difference in level of environmental attitude status. However, the study concluded that with increase in education, the level of environmental awareness and attitude upsurged while younger age group had positive environmental attitude as compared to older age group.
