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There are about 58 slums / BPL
settlements in Nanded city – 25 that have been notified or
declared and 33 that have been identified and proposed to be
notified / declared. A detailed list of declared and undeclared
slums & BPL settlements in Nanded city is presented in
Annexure II, along
with the population, number of households, and population
coverage in terms
The total population of slums is
about 1,56,241 as per recent estimates – 1,07,365 in declared
settlements and 48,876 in yet-to-be declared settlements. This
amounts to about 31 percent of the current population in Nanded.
The total slum population in 1996 was about 24 percent of the
city’s population, which has now gone up. The total area under
slums is about 342.73 Ha (in whole of Nanded city) as against
92.96 Ha in 1996 (in North Nanded alone). This constitutes
about 6.6 percent of the total city’s area of about 5176 Ha
currently.
In terms of level of services in
slums, about 90 percent of the population in the declared slums
and BPL areas is covered by water supply – through public stand
posts, and sanitation services – through public conveniences.
In case of the yet-to-be declared slums and BPL settlements, the
water supply coverage ranges between 25 percent to 60 percent in
different slums, while the sanitation coverage ranges from
0percent in about 17 settlements to 25 to 60 percent in the
rest.
In terms of roads and street
lighting, about 37 percent of the total road length of 157 km is
surfaced and about 63 percent have streetlights – mostly in the
form of tube light fixtures.
a.
While NWCMC has strived to provide urban basic services
to the urban poor in slums and BPL settlements, and has achieved
a fair level of coverage in the declared areas. The services in
un-declared areas not upto the mark in terms of quality as well
as coverage.
b.
NWCMC has restricted its role in slums to providing basic
services under various small state and central government
schemes – there has been no effort to undertake an integrated
planning and development of slums and economically weaker
sections.
a.
NWCMC should ensure appropriate inclusion of slums and
economically weaker section settlements in their infrastructure
development plans adopt effective strategies facilitation their
participation in planning, implementing and operations and
management of community services.
b.
NWCMC needs to carry out a comprehensive study of slum
and economically weaker section settlements to identify specific
needs and priorities. This should form the basis for planning
and implementation of a city-wide integrated slum improvement
and redevelopment program covering housing, economic development
core civic services, health and education and other social
amenities.
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