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Governance Knowledge CentrePromoted by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public GrievancesMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances and PensionsGovernment of IndiaCase StudyUrban DevelopmentIn-Situ Slum Upgradation under JNNURMTRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITYJanuary 2012settlements. SPARC has been working together with Mahila Milan and National SlumDwellers Federation (NSDF) on these issues and their partnership is called an Alliance.This alliance in partnership with CHF –International undertook the responsibility ofconducting biometric and socioeconomic survey of the slums, appointing architects,monitoring construction process, and devising financial strategies and ensuringeffective community participation and equitable distribution of resources.a. NSDF is a community based organisation comprised of community membersand leaders residing in the informal settlements across India. NSDF helps theurban poor in building an organised strength against demolition and forsecuring basic amenities of water and sanitation in the informal settlements.b. Mahila Milan is a decentralised network of collectives of poor womenpropagating credit and saving programmes in their communities.3. CHF-International is an organisation funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundationwith the objective of facilitating community involvement in the planning andimplementation of slum improvement programmes. It provides financial support toSPARC in various stages. Most of the workshops undertaken by Mahila Milan toinvolve community in the project implementation were funded by the CHF-International.4. Prassana Desai Architects , a renowned architect in Pune, was appointed by SPARC fordesigning the houses in February 2009. Mr. Desai and his associates were responsiblefor verifying and finalising kuccha and pucca structures on site. The feasible buildingtypes were then designed keeping the existing fabric of the slums in mind. The teamhad the responsibility of explaining the structure to the beneficiaries and incorporatingtheir suggestions.1Researched and documented byOneWorld Foundation India

Governance Knowledge CentrePromoted by Department of Administrative Reforms and Public GrievancesMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances and PensionsGovernment of IndiaCase StudyUrban DevelopmentIn-Situ Slum Upgradation under JNNURMTRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITYJanuary 2012PROCESS FLOWFRAMEWORK OF IN-SITU SLUM UPLIFTMENT PROJECT UNDER JNNURM IN PUNE:The PMC created theCity Development Planfor accessing the mission funds under theBasic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP) schemeof the JNNURM to improve urbaninfrastructure and services in the city.Subsequently, PMC received the funds underthe BSUP for undertaking upgradation of 4000housing units to be implemented in packagesFigure 1: Pune slum upliftment project layout. Source:Prasanna Desai.of separate slum clusters. A housing subsidyof INR 3 lakhs was granted for developing theentire area of 270 sq feet per house to achieve a sustainable inclusive city.The project was launched in 2009 with the target of providing dwellings to the families of 1,099kuccha households residing in seven high-density slum areas in Yerwada. These include MotherTeresa Nagar, Sheela Salvenagar, Wadarwasti, Bhattnagar, Netajinagar, Yashwantnagar andChandramanagar. The project is to be completed by March 2012.As per the guidelines of JNNURM, the slums covered under the project are necessarily thenotified slums located on government land which is neither reserved for any public purposesnor an ecologically valuable space. Under this in-situ slum upgradation project there is theprovision of de-notifying the site as a slum after the successful implementation of the project.After which the residents will be liable to pay the property taxes. While the benefit of theproject was restricted to those residing in kuccha houses, the households that were already puccacould not avail the housing subsidy, but given a grant of INR 15,000 for constructing toilets. Asthe whole project is based on the cluster wise policy, eligible kuccha households are groupedinto clusters chosen by a natural ordering of housing arrangements that shared common wallsand boundaries.STAGES OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONConducting surveys: Prior to project implementation, a range of surveys such as plane tablesurvey, biometric survey and socio-economic survey were conducted. This process was led bythe community itself in a drive to create a strong and meaningful knowledge base for analysing1Researched and documented byOneWorld Foundation India

Governance Knowledge CentrePromoted by Department of Adm<strong>in</strong>istrative Reforms and Public GrievancesM<strong>in</strong>istry of Personnel, Public Grievances and PensionsGovernment of IndiaCase StudyUrban DevelopmentIn-Situ Slum Upgradation under JNNURMTRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITYJanuary 2012PROCESS FLOWFRAMEWORK OF IN-SITU SLUM UPLIFTMENT PROJECT UNDER JNNURM IN PUNE:The PMC created theCity Development Planfor access<strong>in</strong>g the mission funds under theBasic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP) schemeof the JNNURM to improve urban<strong>in</strong>frastructure and services <strong>in</strong> the city.Subsequently, PMC received the funds underthe BSUP for undertak<strong>in</strong>g upgradation of 4000hous<strong>in</strong>g units to be implemented <strong>in</strong> packagesFigure 1: Pune slum upliftment project layout. Source:Prasanna Desai.of separate slum clusters. A hous<strong>in</strong>g subsidyof INR 3 lakhs was granted for develop<strong>in</strong>g theentire area of 270 sq feet per house to achieve a susta<strong>in</strong>able <strong>in</strong>clusive city.The project was launched <strong>in</strong> 2009 with the target of provid<strong>in</strong>g dwell<strong>in</strong>gs to the families of 1,099kuccha households resid<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> seven high-density slum areas <strong>in</strong> Yerwada. These <strong>in</strong>clude MotherTeresa Nagar, Sheela Salvenagar, Wadarwasti, Bhattnagar, Netaj<strong>in</strong>agar, Yashwantnagar andChandramanagar. The project is to be completed by March 2012.As per the guidel<strong>in</strong>es of JNNURM, the slums covered under the project are necessarily thenotified slums located on <strong>gov</strong>ernment land which is neither reserved for any public purposesnor an ecologically valuable space. Under this <strong>in</strong>-situ slum upgradation project there is theprovision of de-notify<strong>in</strong>g the site as a slum after the successful implementation of the project.After which the residents will be liable to pay the property taxes. While the benefit of theproject was restricted to those resid<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> kuccha houses, the households that were already puccacould not avail the hous<strong>in</strong>g subsidy, but given a grant of INR 15,000 for construct<strong>in</strong>g toilets. Asthe whole project is based on the cluster wise policy, eligible kuccha households are grouped<strong>in</strong>to clusters chosen by a natural order<strong>in</strong>g of hous<strong>in</strong>g arrangements that shared common wallsand boundaries.STAGES OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATIONConduct<strong>in</strong>g surveys: Prior to project implementation, a range of surveys such as plane tablesurvey, biometric survey and socio-economic survey were conducted. This process was led bythe community itself <strong>in</strong> a drive to create a strong and mean<strong>in</strong>gful knowledge base for analys<strong>in</strong>g1Researched and documented byOneWorld Foundation India

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