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The Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance Act) of 1956 provided "for the improvement and clearance of slum areas in certain Union territories and for the protection of tenants in such areas from eviction". [1] The first Slum Clearance Board was established by Tamil Nadu, the most urbanised state in India. Under a new Slum Clearance Act, the ...
According to a 2012 report submitted to the World Bank by Karnataka Slum Clearance Board, Bangalore had 862 slums out of around 2000 slums in all of Karnataka. 42% of the households migrated from different parts of India like Chennai, Hyderabad and most of North India, and 43% of the households had remained in the slums for over 10 years.
Slum clearance is still practiced today in a number of different situations. During major international events like conferences and sporting competitions, governments have been known to forcefully clear low-income housing areas as a strategy to impress international visitors and reduce the visibility of the host cities' apparent poverty. [ 3 ]
She sat on the Housing Task Force set up by the Government of Karnataka for submitting a report on the housing for the urban poor [8] and was a member of the Karnataka Slum Clearance Board. She also holds the positions of the Managing Trustee of the Ranjini Dwaraknath Reddy Trust (RDRT) [7] and the trustee of the Karnataka chapter of Sarvodaya ...
The Sub-Mission for Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) administered by Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation was envisaged and brought into effect in 1993–94 in accordance with providing the entire population with safe and adequate water supply facilities. The program is mainly implemented in towns with ...
Slum Dwellers International claimed the alliance helped 1 million people in 15,000 slum dwellers-managed saving groups. Further they had secured land rights for 128,000 families, building over 20,000 toilets and 100,000 houses. The National Slum Dwellers Federation stated it had helped 60,000 families improve their housing situation in Mumbai. [7]
MLA And Chairman of Karnataka State Slum Development Board [1] In office 15 May 2018 – 28 July 2019: Preceded by: Laxman Savadi: Succeeded by: Himself: Constituency: Athani: MLA; In office 5 December 2019 – 13 May 2023: Preceded by: Himself: Succeeded by: Laxman Savadi: Constituency: Athani: Personal details; Born
Hut communities, or slums, may be managed by slum lords, which may have access to water, but rarely sewer facilities. [17] The term "slum" does not in all cases mean that the community is an illegal one; some slums are legal housing communities. [18] As of 2009 there were about 170 million people living in slums.