CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 CONTEXT 2 1.2. BACKGROUND2 1.3 RESEARCH QUESTIONS 4 1.4. AIM 5 1.5 OBJECTIVES 5 1.6. METHODOLOGY 6 CHAPTER 2: SLUMS AND ITS DIMENSIONS 7 2.1 DEFINING SLUMS .. 7 2.2 CHARACTERISTICS OF SLUM 8 2.3 SLUM SETTLEMENTS 12 2.4 VARIOUS APPROACHES FOR SLUM IMPROVEMENT .. 12 2.5 PAST INTERVENTIONS : SLUM IMPROVEMENT/UP GRADATION. 13 2.5.1 Programs for the poor through five year plans . 13 2.6 CASE STUDIES: .. 15 2.6.1 Slum Redevelopment Scheme -Mumbai Experience 15 2.6.2 Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers (SPARC) .. 17 CHAPTER 3: PROFILE OF INDORE CITY .. 20 3.1 INTRODUCTION . 21 3.2 LOCATION AND LINKAGES .. 21 3.3 CITY PROFILE AND GROWTH TRENDS 22 3.4 DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL PROFILE 23 3.4.1 Population growth. 23 3.4.2 Migration .. 23 3.5 INCOME PROFILE 24 CHAPTER 4: POVERTY PROFILE OF INDORE CITY . 26 4.1 BELOW POVERTY LINE IN INDORE CITY. 27 4.2 SLUM POPULATION INDORE CITY .. 27 4.2.1 Slum settlements and its growth pattern 29 4.2.2. Key features of slums in Indore.. 28 4.3 GOVERNMENT INTERVENTIONS TOWARDS SLUM IMPROVEMENT 30 4.3.1 The Patta. Act, 1984 And 1998 30 4.3.2 Indore Habitat Improvement Project (ODA Project) 30 4.3.3 Ashray Nidhi (Shelter Fund) 31 CHAPTER 5: SLUM NETWORKING : INDORE EXPERIENCE 5.1 OUTLINE 47 5.2 CONCEPT OF SLUM NETWORKING . 47 5.2.1 Scope of the project 48 5.2.2 Institutions Involved in the project .. 48 5.2.3 Components involved in Slum Networking Project . 48 5.3 INTENTIONS OF THE ODA PROJECT 50 5.3.1 Finance and Expenditure .. 52 5.3.2 Costing of the project 53 5.4 THE IHIP TODAY 54 5.4.1 Water supply 54 5.4.2 Toilets 57 5.4.3 Drainage and Water logging 59 5.4.4 Solid waste Disposal 60 5.4.5 Roads and Streetlights .. 61 5.4.6 Housing 62 5.5 LESSONS LEARNT FROM ODA PROJECT . 63 CHAPTER 6: ONGOING POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS IN INDORE CITY 65 6.1 INTRODUCTION POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMS 66 6.1.1 Basic Services to the Urban Poor sub mission of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) 66 6.1.2 Madhya Pradesh Urban services for poor (MPUSP) program.. 74 6.1.3 Valmik Ambedkar Awas Yojna VAMBAY (2001 .. 77 6.2 INDORE PROJECT PROPOSALS 67 6.2.1 Project approach .. 67 6.2.2 Project details .. 70 6.3 REVIEW POVERTY ALLEVIATION PROGRAMMES . 73 6.3.1 Selection and Prioritization process of Slums . 73 6.3.2 Assessment of the coverage and gaps in meeting future requirements. 81 6.3.3 Current Progress of the ongoing program 82 CHAPTER 7 : SCENARIOS FOR HOUSING THE POOR 83 7.1 EXISITNG SCENARIO 84 7.2 OUTLINE .. 85 7.3 COMMUNITY LEVEL INFRASTRUCTURE 87 - Community toilets . 88 - Public stand post .. 89 - Roads .. 91 - Drainage 92 - Streetlights .. 92 - Community hall .. 92 7.3.1 Costing 93 7.3.3 Strategies 95 7.4 INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INFRASTRUCTURE .. 95 - Individual piped water supply .. 95 - Individual toilets 96 7.4.1 Costing.. 97 7.4.2 Strategies .. 98 7.5 HOUSING TO ALL .. 99 7.5.1 Costing .. 99 7.5.2 Strategies .. 99 7.6 Study model . 101 CHAPTER 8: CONCLUSION . 105