We all know that slums are not new. They have been part of the history of most cities, particularly in the early years of urbanization and industrialization as population thrived. With the growth in population, slums are the only type of settlement affordable and accessible to those poor in cities where competition for land is intense. For overall development, slum melioration is very important. And the main reason behind melioration is that slum dwellers have also got the fundamental right to live with dignity and in decent living condition.
Slum Reformation consists of physical, social, economic, organizational and environmental improvements. And the main objective is to alleviate the living standard of slum dwellers as it is an important and necessary component of urban development. Slum melioration is the best solution to eradicate the problems faced by dwellers of slum. Basically we need to develop strategy to improve the infrastructure of slum by providing them with basic amenities like adequate drinking water supply, sewage system.
In 2009, our former President Smt. Pratibha Patil announced that their government aimed to create a slum free India. And in order to do so, the government planned to invest large amount of money into building affordable housing. This was a good step towards slum reformation by rather creating new homes for urban poor. Though this idea of building homes for slum residents doesn't came into practice.
Slum reformation can be effective only when it is linked with other melioration programs like poverty alleviation, Health & education.
Hence I believe that the first step towards slum reformation is to prevent new slums from developing and working for the improvement of existing slum.
Monika Bhatia has done her masters in Mass Communication from Nalanda University. She has worked at Maurya TV as Trainer Scheduler. She loves writing.
You can find her on facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/monika.bhatia1
Edited by Naina Jha
Slum Reformation consists of physical, social, economic, organizational and environmental improvements. And the main objective is to alleviate the living standard of slum dwellers as it is an important and necessary component of urban development. Slum melioration is the best solution to eradicate the problems faced by dwellers of slum. Basically we need to develop strategy to improve the infrastructure of slum by providing them with basic amenities like adequate drinking water supply, sewage system.
In 2009, our former President Smt. Pratibha Patil announced that their government aimed to create a slum free India. And in order to do so, the government planned to invest large amount of money into building affordable housing. This was a good step towards slum reformation by rather creating new homes for urban poor. Though this idea of building homes for slum residents doesn't came into practice.
Slum reformation can be effective only when it is linked with other melioration programs like poverty alleviation, Health & education.
Hence I believe that the first step towards slum reformation is to prevent new slums from developing and working for the improvement of existing slum.
Monika Bhatia has done her masters in Mass Communication from Nalanda University. She has worked at Maurya TV as Trainer Scheduler. She loves writing.
You can find her on facebook here:
https://www.facebook.com/monika.bhatia1
Edited by Naina Jha
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