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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 slums Almost quarter of Indian metro cities live in slums. Sadly 5 million of this population are young children (0-6 age group).

Occupation in slums
Self-employed in primary sector activities:
Non-government salaried employment : Business Wage labor and other than own account workers Self-employed professional and worker Non-earners Union government employment

0.96
0.15 4.46 0.42 5.71 3.74 7.19

State government employment

Figures in % are proportion of all earners across India.

4.36

Slum Population in 4 Metros in India

180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Kolkata Delhi Total Population Slum Population %

Alarming growth of Slums in India

55 % Mumbai, 44 % Meerut, 40 % of Pune :

Indias top list on slum population

Pune : The growing city of slums

Total Area : Population : Population in slums : Encroachment of slums : 244 sq.km 15 Lakh approx 6 Lakh 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 Saha Swati Chhabra Sunita Sharma Ruchira Sharma