Slums
Sector 45 in Gurgaon have been facing with sanitation issues for quiet a time. Although it is developed and maintained by the Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda), the layout is far from all the maintenance. The resident welfare association (RWA) of the sector have requested the authority to remove the slums in the neighbourhood. There [...] Continue Reading »
As Bangalore has been witnessing many slums in the city, BBMP is planning to take an initiative to do away with it. The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has planned to take Housing and Urban Development Corporation Limited (HUDCO)’s help to make a slum free city. BBMP had meeting with HUDCO officials and came to [...] Continue Reading »
The slum dwellers in Karnataka have a reason to be happy! The state cabinet have agreed to give land deed titles to the slum dwellers. The motive is to make it a slum free state and to provide basic level infrastructure to the residents. There are in total of 40 lakh population in slum areas [...] Continue Reading »
Maharashtra government has announced changes in the Development Control Rules (DCR) for the Dharavi slum redevelopment ahead of Mumbai civic polls. The redevelopment plan of Dharavi was approved in 2004 with an aim to develop roads, toilets, gardens and basic amenities in the area. After the redevelopment, standard of living can be improved and around [...] Continue Reading »
Mumbai is the only city traced till now which does not even spare the slum dwellers from paying property or any such taxes! “Is it that necessary to collect property tax for slum dwellers?” This sounds pathetic, indeed! There are no traces as to why the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is levying tax burden on [...] Continue Reading »
It came as a shocking news when Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has shown interest in applying the property tax on every slum dweller staying in the city. Slum dwellers residing in the chawls, whether legal or illegal have to abide by the rule. According to a report, around 52.5% of the population in the city [...] Continue Reading »
Residents have been complaining about the nuisance created by illegal shacks and slums in and around Sushant Lok-1. The main reason is landowners renting out the vacant open spaces to slum dwellers for more money. The Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) has sidelined those owners and have booked complaints against them. Now, the slum dwellers [...] Continue Reading »
Lokh sabha recently passed a Bill stating that it would grant a grace time of three more years for all the unauthorized and illegal buildings in Delhi. The walled city was on high alert carrying on back to back demolition drive. The NCT of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second Bill 2011 has taken responsibility of preventing [...] Continue Reading »
