Assessing the Government Interventions for Slum Redevelopment: A Case Study of Cuttack
By: Kar, Shraddha
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Contributor(s): Rajput, Aman Singh.
Publisher: New Delhi Institute of Town Planners 2021Edition: Vol.18(2), April-June.Description: 25-36p.Subject(s): URBAN PLANNING AND DESIGN (AR-UPD)Online resources: Click here
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ITPI journalSummary: Developing economies like India have a higher concentration of poor people living in
cities which is visible in its growing slums and informal settlements over the years. The
central and state governments have taken several initiatives to solve this problem such
as poverty alleviation, slum up-gradation and redevelopment programs and policies.
However, dwellings units constructed under these schemes are still lying vacant due to
unwillingness of slum dwellers to shift. This is majorly due to the quality of the housing
units constructed and the lack of basic social and physical infrastructure available. The
research involves the study of slums interventions schemes - VAMBAY, RAY, IHSDP and
PMAY in the commercial capital of Orissa the city of Cuttack. The paper examines the
issues, problems and potentials with the government interventions and recommends the
city level preventive and improvement interventions strategy.
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Developing economies like India have a higher concentration of poor people living in
cities which is visible in its growing slums and informal settlements over the years. The
central and state governments have taken several initiatives to solve this problem such
as poverty alleviation, slum up-gradation and redevelopment programs and policies.
However, dwellings units constructed under these schemes are still lying vacant due to
unwillingness of slum dwellers to shift. This is majorly due to the quality of the housing
units constructed and the lack of basic social and physical infrastructure available. The
research involves the study of slums interventions schemes - VAMBAY, RAY, IHSDP and
PMAY in the commercial capital of Orissa the city of Cuttack. The paper examines the
issues, problems and potentials with the government interventions and recommends the
city level preventive and improvement interventions strategy.
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