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Communication Skills

Condition of Slums in India


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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.


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In other words

A Slum is taken to meanhutting areas with squalidsurroundings where:

Huts are erected in ahaphazard mannerwithout proper access.

Minimum basic amenitiesare lacking

Protected water supplyand drainagearrangements do notexist.


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Reasons of slums:

Slums

Change in agricultural scenario

No prospects in rural areas

Bigger opportunities in cities

Preference on labor market than agriculture


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Results of Slums

Slums = Poverty

Poor Living conditions

No Education

Very poor hygiene conditions

Poor health care


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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 areyoung children (0-6 age group).
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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


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Slum Population in 4 Metros in India

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Kolkata Delhi

Total Population

Slum Population

%


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Alarming growth of Slums in India


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

Indias top list on slum population


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Pune : The growing city of slums

Total Area : 244 sq.km

Population : 15 Lakh approx

Population in slums : 6 Lakh

Encroachment of slums : 6% (15 sq.km)

Total growth in slum population in the citysince 1991 is 176%.


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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.


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Solutions


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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.


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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.


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Presented by

Nupur Saha

Swati Chhabra

Sunita Sharma

Ruchira Sharma

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