Order of the High Court of Gujarat in the matter of Samsuddin Jainulabiddin Shaikh & Others Vs The State of Gujarat & Others dated 06/05/2025. A petition was filed by 58 people who are residing near Chandola lake, Ahmedabad. The petitioners have constructed hutments along the periphery of Chandola lake. …
The politics of inclusion in the Sabarmati Riverfront Development project, an urban mega-project in Ahmedabad, has been predicated on a “flexible governing” of the residents of the riverfront informal settlements. Such flexible governing has allowed state authorities to negotiate grass-roots opposition and mobilisation, modify the project to gentrify the riverfront …
ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) says it will launch an anti-littering campaign in Katchi Abadis of Islamabad to ensure cleanliness in the slums. Sanitation Director Captain (r) Muhammad Faiz said brochures, pamphlets and booklets highlighting the importance of cleanliness would be distributed among the residents of Katchi Abadis in …
In yet another push for the redevelopment of Dharavi slums, the Maharashtra government on Tuesday announced four floor space index under the revised Development Control Regulations (DCR). The state government plans to provide 300 sq ft of carpet area for the existing occupier of a structure free of cost and …
The ambitious Rs 15,000-crore Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP), which aims to redevelop the largest slum in Mumbai, got a shot in the arm on Tuesday with the state government approving the new Development Control Rules (DCR) for the project. On Monday, the government had announced that the current occupiers of …
MUMBAI: The long-delayed Dharavi Redevelopment Project could finally get a massive push forward. The state government on Tuesday approved the Development Control Rules (DCR) for redevelopment of Dharavi, Asia's second-largest slum, just ahead of the civic polls. Announcing the decision at a press conference hurriedly called before the code of …
Maharashtra Cabinet changes norms to make present occupiers of slums eligible for rehabilitation. Ahead of the crucial elections to the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation next month, the Maharashtra government on Monday took a crucial decision with regard to the eligibility of the occupiers of slums for rehabilitation with cut off …
In a major relief to tens of thousands of slum-dwellers residing in hutments prior to 1995, the state government , in its bid to woo voters ahead of thecivic polls, on Monday decided to make the current residents eligible for rehabilitation under the Slum Rehabilitation Authority schemes. The decision will …
As high out-of-pocket healthcare expenses pose heavy financial burden on the families, Government of India is considering a variety of financing and delivery options to universalize health care services. Hence, an estimate of the cost of delivering universal health care services is needed.
India’s urban transition, a once in history phenomenon, has the potential to shift the country’s social, environmental, political, and economic trajectory. It may exacerbate inequalities, create new opportunities, or all of the above. A report titled Urban India 2011: Evidence seeks to contribute to building a strong and inclusive knowledge …
The State Cabinet on Wednesday decided to make available Government security worth Rs387.40 crore under Integrated Housing and Slums Development Programme and Basic Services for Urban Poor. With this, decks have been cleared for the construction of 60,000 houses for the urban poor. Under Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme …
The Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board on Monday approved an action plan to make Delhi a slum free city by 2015 and decided to take up phase-wise relocation of a large number of clusters. It also announced the decision to allot 1,400 flats in January as part of the first …
The resettlement packages offered to slum dwellers in Mumbai not only violate their right to shelter but also lead to deterioration in their quality of life. There is an urgent need to calculate the cost of repeated demolitions that push slum dwellers to the city’s outer limits against that of …
In a major policy decision ahead of the Assembly polls, the Uttarakhand Cabinet on Tuesday approved a new slum policy under which the government will provide a house or a plot to each family residing in slum areas. “The government has approved a new state slum policy which will benefit …
This article traces the shifting visibility of the river Yamuna in the social and ecological imagination of Delhi. It delineates how the riverbed has changed from being a neglected “non-place” to prized real estate for private and public corporations. It argues that the transformation of an urban commons into a …
New Delhi To find a way out of the logjam created by the slum rehabilitation project in the Capital, the Delhi government is now planning to create nearly 30,000 dormitory seats for accommodating migrant labourers. Land has already been identified and allotted by the government as part of a project …
New Delhi:Unsafe tents turned into makeshift night shelters year after year in a lastminute effort to provide relief to the homeless are all set to become history. With three lives lost and 17 temporary shelters gutted in the past one year, the Delhi government has paved the way for weather-resistant …
MUMBAI: All slum families in Mumbai will be eligible for a house, if a proposal moved by the state housing department is approved by the government. In a move that would make slum cut-off deadlines almost irrelevant, the department has initiated a proposal to allow dwelling rights to all slumdwellers. …
Planned development of Dhaka is a must to combat climate change challenges, including rehabilitation of climate refugees, said ministers and experts at an international seminar in the city yesterday. They said local government bodies have a vital role to play in making urban development resilient to climate change impacts and …
In recent years public-private partnerships have been offered as the miracle-cure that would help fix all the challenges to the health sector. Over the last decade, a number of ppps providing maternal health services have come into existence but few have been evaluated. This paper examines whether ppps with the …
Bhopal : Houses will be provided to about three lakh poor families living in slums of six cities of the state under Rajiv Awas Yojna. These cities are Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur, Gwalior, Ujjain and Sagar. An appeal will be made to the Union Government to bear 80 percent cost under …
