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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Nearly 49,000 slums in India: NSSO by Mahendra Kumar Singh

Nearly 49,000 slums in India: NSSO by Mahendra Kumar Singh

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published Published on May 26, 2010   modified Modified on May 26, 2010


Even as the Indian economy remains one of the bright spots in the world showing an upward growth trajectory, around 49,000 slums continue to blight the urban landscape forcing lakhs of people to live in pathetic conditions.

To make things worse, of these 49,000 slums, 24% was located along nallahs and drains and around 12% along railway tracks, according to a report released by National Sample Survey Office (NSSO).

Not surprisingly, around 57% of slums came up on public land, owned mostly by local bodies and state government.

Though sanitary conditions in the slums in terms of toilet facility during 2008-09 showed an improvement since 2002, a lot still needed to be done. Toilets with septic tanks (or similar facility) were available in 68% notified and 47% non-notified slums (up from 66% and 35% respectively in 2002).

At a time when the UPA government has made the ambitious promise of slum-free India, around 10% notified and 20% non-notified slums (though down from 17% and 51% in 2002) did not have any toilet facility at all. The NSSO report also said that around 10% notified and 23% non-notified slums did not have any drainage facility as against 15% for notified and 44% for non-notified slums in 2002.

About 48% of slums were usually affected by waterlogging during monsoon -- 32% saw waterlogging inside the slum as well as on the approach road, 7% saw water in the slum but not on the approach road and 9% saw only the approach road waterlogged.

Over the last five years, facilities had improved in about 50% of notified slums in terms of roads (both within-slum road and approach road) and water supply. However, the report said about 78% of notified slums and 57% of non-notified slums had a pucca road inside the slum and around 73% notified and 58% non-notified slums had a motorable approach road.

The NSSO report titled `Some Characteristics of Urban Slums, 2008-09', found that in 64% of notified slums, a majority of dwellings were pucca, the corresponding percentage for non-notified ones being 50%.

Only 1% notified and 7% non-notified slums did not have electricity connection.


The Times of India, 27 May, 2010, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Nearly-49000-slums-in-India-NSSO/articleshow/5978216.cms


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