SLUMS

Prateek
4th Year B.Arch
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.
5 million of this population are young
children (0-6 age group).
Occupation in slums
 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

 Figures in % are proportion of all earners across
India.
Slum Population in 4 Metros in India
180
160
140
120
100 Total Population
80 Slum Population
60 %
40
20
0
Kolkata Mumbai Delhi Chennai
Alarming growth of Slums in India
55 % Mumbai, 44 % Meerut, 40 % of Pune :
India’s top list on slum population
Slum
Towns Reporting Slums
India : Census 2011
• Out of 4,041 Statutory Towns
in Census 2011 Slums
reported from 2,543 Towns
(63%)

• Largest number of Slum

reported from Maharashtra
(21,359)
View of a Slum
Waiting for Water Supply
Open Kitchen
Interior View
 63.5% Slums in
India has Mobile
Life in a Slum
Life in a Slum
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.