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What is the scheme? |
* city authorities take an unoccupied site and install basic services (sanitation, small shops, water, sewers, electricity) * basic houses --> give these and plot of land to slum dwellers * slum dwellers can improve houses and work in shops |
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Where? |
Sanjay Ghandi Nagar |
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Pros |
* env and social conditions better than in slum * no open sewers --> less water contamination --> better health * better planned --> easier to access services * families own land * improved quality of life * relatively cheap for council to provide basic housing * families can run own businesses |
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Cons |
* unoccupied site needed --> nearly all land occupied by slums * impossible to rehouse everyone * site well outside of city centre --> some worse off due to commuting * encourages rural-urban migration * still shortages of services * some lose original businesses * some richer people in the area complain about newcomers --> say theft has gone up * people moved to poor quality land --> Sanjay Ghandi Nagar is a former quarry |