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LAnD rigHtS to SLuM DWELLErS in urban Areas of odisha
by Housing and urban Development Department, govt. of odisha

he demographic shift from rural to urban areas over the decades has resulted in large nodal department to implement the legislation.
Tchunks of government land being converted into informal settlements. In Odisha as per The standard operating procedures were notified and the responsibility was shared
census 2011,23.1% of urban population (around 16 lakh) lives in slums without security of amongst the departments, partner agencies and the concerned ULBs for carrying out
land tenure and are under constant threat of evictions. In view of this, Odisha Land Rights the key activities including delineation of slum boundaries, engagement of NGOs / CBOs
to Slum Dwellers Act, 2017 has been enacted by the Government of Odisha to issue land for facilitating community mobilization, formation of slum dwellers association (SDA) for
rights to slum dwellers in 109 Municipalities and Notified Area Councils of the State.
preparing list of eligible beneficiaries for approval by the Urban Area Slum Rehabilitation
A historic legislation - Odisha Land Rights to Slum Dwellers Act, 2017 has been enacted by and Redevelopment Committee (UASRRC) and issue of land rights certificates.
the Government of Odisha to issue land rights to slum dwellers in 109 Municipalities and
Notified Area Councils of the State. The land rights would be heritable, mortgageable but
not transferable. The settlement would be on the basis of actual occupation of dwelling
and on in-situ basis, up to a maximum limit of 646 sq.ft. in Notified Area Councils (NACs),
484 sq.ft. in Municipalities and maximum 323 sq.ft of land both at Municipality and NACs in
case of untenable slums on relocation basis. Programme was piloted in 9 towns of Ganjam
and Puri districts. Implementation has been scaled up to rest 100 towns incorporating the
lessons learnt from the pilot. Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Department is the

Urban Area Slum Redevelopment and Rehabilitation Committee Survey of slum area by using drone

Images Captured Through Drone Survey Stakeholder Training

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