Access to improved drinking water, sanitation and hygiene is one of the prime concerns around the globe. The objective of this pilot study was to explore water and sanitation hygiene related attitude and practices among individuals living in urban slum settings of south Delhi, India. In the current study, three-fourth of the respondents were not using any method to treat the water and 73 %( n=22) felt that water is already clean so there is no need to treat it. In contrast the result of water sample collected from households showed that 55% of the samples were contaminated. On assessing the situation and practices related to sanitation it was found that only 45 % (n=18) of the individuals had access to toilets inside the households, so more than half of the pilot study population had to go out of the houses for defecation. Majority of the participants washed their hands both before handling of the food and eating, 88% (n=35) of the participants washed their hands after defecation and 75% (n=30) of them wash their hands after eating. 78% (n=31) of the participants agreed that washing hands improves hygiene and 75 % (n=30) of them agreed that it prevents infection.