[Urbanstudy] Urbanstudygroup Digest, Vol 101, Issue 2

Mon Nov 4 12:11:12 CST 2013

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>    1. "slum lords vs developers" is fine but what about slum
>       residents ? (anant maringanti)
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> Subject: [Urbanstudy] "slum lords vs developers" is fine but what
>         about slum      residents ?
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> The Bombay High Court has asked the Maharashtra government to get rid of
> the norm of obtaining prior consent from slum dwellers for projects
> involving integrated development of slums into townships.There is a report
> on this in the Indian Express today.
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> http://www.indianexpress.com/news/scrap-slum-dwellers-nod-for-redevelopment-projects-says-hc/1190661
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> The existing slum redevelopment norms require the developer to obtain
> consent from 70 per cent slum dwellers before construction permission is
> granted to projects. The court noted, the report goes on to say, "in the
> last 17 years, the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) has allotted 1,524
> slum redevelopment projects, but only 197 of these (less than 13 per cent)
> have been completed so far." Apparently this is because "ascertaining
> eligibility and obtaining consent of slum dwellers is a Herculean task. If
> a developer is required to ascertain the eligibility of slum dwellers for
> rehabilitation and obtain their consent for development, considerable time,
> energy and money is consumed in the process."
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> According to the report, the court observed that the norm was "only helping
> slumlords and was in no way beneficial to individual slum dwellers."
> We are curious to know how the court arrived at this conclusion. Did the
> court have any kind of opportunity to consider the point of view of the
> slum dwellers ? Or did it rely primarily on claims and counterclaims made
> by  developers and slum lords and government officials ?
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> Is there anyway to access the affidavits filed in this case? The report
> also has an interesting tailpiece: This judgment comes at a time when the
> Maharashtra government is attempting to change the rules such that
> post-1995 residents can also now be entitled to rehabilitation if they pay
> a transfer fee. Apparently this is being done to garner more votes in the
> civic polls.
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