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 question whether in situ housing improvements should be made in slums, or slum-dwellers should be relocated, is an old one. It is also fraught with politics and controversy (see
dharavi has once again hit the headlines with new developments on the much-touted project that aims to convert Asia's largest slum into a "world-class' locality. The latest on the state government's list is a proposal to amend the clause of the Maharashtra Slum Areas Act, 1971, which stipulates that 60 …
the relief and rehabilitation (r&r) division of the M aharashtra government's revenue and forest department is set to frame a State Rehabilitation Authority. This would have to ensure there is a proper rehabilitation plan for families likely to be affected by developmental projects (paf), before such projects are sanctioned. However, …
early Tamil Muslim tannery owners, settling on a piece of land by the Mahim river in Mumbai, called it Dharavi. It is Tamil for loose mud. Early January this year, at the Pravasi Diwas at Hyderabad, non-resident Indian businessmen were upbeat over the opportunity in this loose mud. The refashioning …
The Millennium Development Goals (MDG) related to sanitation rely on flushing systems. Uno Winblad, senior adviser, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), Sweden, tells S V Suresh Babu that the ecosan approach can do the job much better How grave is the problem posed by lack of sanitation facilities? According to a …
BWSSB already wants to close public fountains in Bangalore city as the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike asn't paid up its dues of Rs 160 crore.Will GBWASP attend to the water needs of the poor? Right now, even the poor have to pay the minimum beneficiary capital contribution (BCC) of Rs 2,500. …
function table() { var popurl="image/20051215/43_map.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=640,height=250,scrollbars=yes") } In south-west Delhi is Mayapuri, a robust industrial area, divided into two phases. Dye factories, electro-plating and painting units, automobile factories, food-processing units exist cheek-by-jowl in Mayapuri phase i, while resolute junk-dealers try to salvage all that's possible from enormous clutters in the …
Maharashtra's push comes from a March 2005 press note issued by the Union ministry of commerce and industry, allowing 100 per cent fdi in "township, housing, built
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The National Population Policy (2000) aims at complete protection of all children against vaccine preventable diseases by 2010. Urban poor, many residing in slums, comprise about one-fourth of India’s 285 million urban population. 60% of the children aged 12-23 months in urban India are fully immunized; coverage among urban poor …
Finance minister P Chidambaram goes to Mumbai to deliberate, with its corporati, upon urban renewal, and promises sparkling growth for this bursting metropolis. On the way to the venue, he is confronted by angry slum-dwellers whose homes have been demolished to make way for the new age city. They say …
Mumbai’s Slum Sanitation Programme that seeks community responsibility and its involvement in the setting up of sanitation facilities in living areas holds out important lessons for similar collaborative endeavours between the government, funding agencies, civil society organisations and the affected community. While such a broadly participatory approach ensures the accrual …
SOCIAL segregation is not an evil of a bygone era; in modern times, it is flaunted as the solution to complex urban problems of our country. Mantras such as "keep the polluting industry out,' "relocate industry from residential areas,' and "rehabilitate the slum dwellers elsewhere' reverberate through the corridors of …
"Master Plan to make Delhi slum-free' reads a June 26, 2004 English daily headline. "The Union ministry of urban development plans to prepare a blueprint to make Delhi slum-free in five years. The plan will be ready within a fortnight,' the daily continues. Another tall claim? Potents of another disaster? …
What are your views on the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) on human settlements? Everybody is happy with the target that we have set: achieving significant improvement in lives of at least 100 million slum-dwellers, by 2020. At present, there are about one billion slum- dwellers and their numbers are growing …
