slums in india
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Condition of Slums in India
What are slums?
“Habitations located on disputed as well as unused government, municipal and private land and characterized by a serious lack of basic amenities and sanitation with dense
and overcrowded housing conditions.
In other words…
A Slum is taken to mean ‘hutting areas with squalid surroundings where:
Huts are erected in a haphazard manner without proper access.
Minimum basic amenities are lacking
Protected water supply and drainage arrangements do not exist.
Reasons of slums:Slums
Change in agricultural scenario
No prospects in rural areas
Bigger opportunities in cities
Preference on labor market than agriculture
Results of Slums
Slums = Poverty
Poor Living conditions
No Education
Very poor hygiene conditions
Poor health care
Facts reveals that:
Slum Population all over
India is 40,297,341 (40 million).4% of total Indian population lives in slumsAlmost quarter of Indian metro cities live in
slums.Sadly 5 million of this population are
young children (0-6 age group).
Occupation in slums
Figures in % are proportion of all earners across India.
Self-employed in primary sector activities: 0.96
Non-government salaried employment : 0.15
Business 4.46
Wage labor and other than own account workers 0.42
Self-employed professional and worker 5.71
Non-earners 3.74
Union government employment 7.19
State government employment 4.36
Slum Population in 4 Metros in India
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
Kolkata Delhi
Total PopulationSlum Population%
Alarming growth of Slums in India
55 % Mumbai, 44 % Meerut, 40 % of Pune : India’s top list on slum population
Pune : The growing city of slums
Total Area : 244 sq.kmPopulation : 15 Lakh approx
Population in slums : 6 LakhEncroachment of slums : 6% (15 sq.km)
Total growth in slum population in the city since 1991 is 176%.
Initiatives..
Different Governments have different ways to handle the problem of growing slums.
Various NGOs are also taking initiatives to help govt in dealing with this issue.
Agencies like Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) and Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) plan the Rehabilitation of the slums in metros.
Solutions
Short term
Rehabilitation of major slums in better hygienic places
Re construction of the middle level slums in the same area with proper drainage system and water supply.
Provision of basic amenities, medical and health care, education to eradicate poverty completely.
Long term
The objective should be to reduce the migration from rural areas.
Providing the basic amenities and better opportunities in rural areas
Encouraging agricultural and small scale industries.
Presented by
Nupur SahaSwati ChhabraSunita Sharma
Ruchira Sharma