Slum dwellers
The lands which come under Tamil Nadu Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act 1978 will soon be under surveillance for genuine reasons. Slum dwellers and other citizens residing in nearby areas in Chennai has been opposing the construction of high rise apartment complexes. The complexes are being built in Perumbakkam, off Rajiv Gandhi Salai by [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai city development agency demolished around 600 hutments which was blocking the way of Sahar Elevated Road project. Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) who took initiative of demolishing these huts say that this has been a major demolition drive since 2008. For now, MMRDA claim to have demolished 100 huts in Sambhaji Nagar, 150 [...] Continue Reading »
Around 300 slum dwellers were left homeless in sector 38 and 39 in Gurgaon. Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) fired a demolition drive in order to release prime land from encroachers in Huda sectors. HUDA say that the slum dwellers had occupied two acres of their land constructing buildings and four boundary walls. Also several [...] Continue Reading »
If the state housing department nods, all the slum families in Mumbai city will be granted a house each. Prior to the orders passed on January 1, 1995; the slum dwellers will have to bear 50 percent of construction costs with the eligibility of free houses. A new chapter in the Maharashtra Slum Act, 1971 [...] Continue Reading »
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is busy demolishing the huts on Sabarmati riverbanks in Ahmedabad. AMC had requested the slum dwellers to shift to the new houses which was opposed by them. Therefore AMC carried out the demolition drive to clear off the river banks. High court (HC) had passed on orders to complete allotment of [...] Continue Reading »
Who does not know Salia Sahi, it is the biggest unauthorized slum in Bhubaneswar, it is now stuck with issues of house planing. Bhubaneswar Development Authority (BDA) has sketched a plan to replace the huts with concrete houses in public-private-partnership mode. The slum dwellers in the city are aggressive against the state government’s proposal in [...] Continue Reading »
Prithviraj Chavan, in Pune reported saying that his state do not have a proper trace as to which kind of land is being acquired by the slum areas and also he said that, the hilly areas should never come under the survival of slum dwellers as those are the only environment filled places in the [...] Continue Reading »
15,000 flats has been completed by Delhi Government for the rehabilitation of slum dwellers. It was announced on Monday that the allotment of 7,000 flats will start in October. Government is also mulling to pay the share of Rs.60,000 for the eligible SC/ST slum dwellers for flats and a proposal regarding this is under consideration.” [...] Continue Reading »
Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) demolition drive kicked off on Thursday to clear several encroachments, including roadside shops and squatters, in two sectors in Gurgaon. HUDA officials, accompanied by over 100 policemen, reached the Sector 12-A market. The team then reached Sector 14 market where the RWA had complained about the illegal vegetable market that [...] Continue Reading »
The general body of the Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) had made a proposal citing that citizens paying property tax before August 31 will get a deduction on tax of 10 percent.This resolution was made earlier this month and was approved this Thursday. From the next financial year (2012-13) citizens will have to pay the [...] Continue Reading »
