A Study on Influence of Displacement (on the Basis of Comparative Analysis of Pre and Post Resettlement) on Economic and Social Status of Slum Dwellers in Indore City

Authors: Dr. Lalit Kumar Dubey

Certificate: View Certificate

Abstract

This study is an effort to measure the impacts of central and state government plans launched as resettlement and rehabilitation projects in Indore city by the observation of life style of slum dwellers before and after the implementation of the projects.The process of analysis is based upon the indicators of impoverishment risks and resettlement of the people from the slum areas. The findings indicates the presence of the following forms of impoverishment which government proposed for the resettled persons from their previous places. The main thing as a result came out after conducting the research is that the resettled slum dwellers are feeling inconvenience to live there because new place where they have been allotted flats are so far from their previous place in the forest and due to this they have to cover a long journey to come at their job places. They have to spent most of their earning as travel expenses. The time for journey is too long so most of the people have lost their previous jobs and now they are in search of a new kind of job which is most inconvenient for them at this new place. Moving to this they have increased health risks now with total detachment with the social relationships. All of which have compounded and responsible for their vulnerability and poverty. The paper argues the comparative analysis of pre and post resettlement and relocation economic condition of the slum dwellers in Indore city. The paper concludes with recommendations for slum resettlement policies of local government so that impoverishment risks can be reasonably averted.

Introduction

Slum is a heavily populated urban informal settlement characterized by substandard housing and squalor. Slums are differ in size and other characteristics, with lack of reliable sanitation services, supply of clean water, reliable electricity, law enforcement and other basic services. Slum residences vary from shanty houses to professionally built dwellings that because of poor-quality construction or provision of services have deteriorated into.Slum improvement has increasingly become a priority for state and local governments in India. saveral number of projects have been undertaken to upgrade slums economic and social status. The slums are being forced to relocation and rehabilitation. Emerging from the new thoughts providing a house to the displaced slum dwellers. Whether the slum policies are inefficient in addressing overall wellbeing of the displaced slum dwellers . This research is an attempts to assess the risks raised due to displacement and resettlement programmers launched under the Basic Services for the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) which focuses both on performance-linked infrastructure investment in Urban Local Bodies (ULB) through its Urban Infrastructure and Governance (UIG) programme.The provision of providing shelter and basic services through the (BSUP) programmed for rapid economic growth through infrastructure development projects and economic growth of the urban poor. So new houses constructed and allocated to the slum dwellers at the different places have pushed them in situation to face some other kinds of crisis and this paper is an afford to bring into light of such problems before the relevant authority. In case of resettlement, only few are attaining better living conditions whereas the majority are made worse off due to additional financial responsibilities, insecure and poor community interaction which cannot be ignored.

Conclusion

There are clear advantages for the urban poor of being resettled on new place in the puce houses constructed by the government authority. There is no doubt it will change the life style of slum dwellers in future and protect them in the permanent shelter and roof over their heads but this study has clearly shown the negative result,