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            AfforDABLE HouSing AnD iMProVED SErVicE DELiVEry in

            chandigarh city by chandigarh Housing Board

             n  line with Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban  Renewal  Mission  (JnNURM)  under  Basic   the  housing,  parks and  open
           IServices for the Urban  Poor (BSUP), Chandigarh  Housing Board implemented the   spaces  were developed and
            Programme aimed at providing hygienic and better living to 23,841 slum dwellers spread   primary  health centres and
            over 18 notified slums in the City. The two sub-schemes namely ‘Construction of 6368   schools were also constructed.
            Small Flats Phase-I’ and ‘Construction of 19360 Small Flats Phase-Il’ were approved by   By  shifting  of  beneficiaries,
            Government of India in 2006 and the task of rehabilitating the slum dwellers was entrusted   about 100 acres of land worth
            to Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB).It was decided to provide accommodation (in the form   Rs. 1000 crore has been made
            of one room flats) on license fee basis unlike the ownership model. Based on the socio-  free from encroachment. With
            economic survey conducted by IDFC, paying capacity of slum dwellers was estimated at Rs   relocation of all the  23,841
                                                                                  families from 18 colonies
            1,000 per month.  In order to ensure that there was no future encroachment on government   under  this  rehabilitation
            land, it was decided that family not included in the biometric survey would not be eligible to   scheme  by  2013-2015,
            get a housing unit under the programme.                               Chandigarh  achieved  the
            Accordingly, Rs 800 per month  was decided to be collected as license fee and after the end   status of ‘Slum Free City’. The
            of 20 years, based on the willingness of the occupants and on paying the balance amount,   transition from slums to small
            the ownership could be transferred to the same occupant.              homes also resulted in better
                                                                                  employment  opportunities,
            CHB has completed construction of 12,736 Small flats under the scheme, out of which   more community participation,
            about 12,000 small flats have already been handed over to the beneficiaries.  Alongwith   better education for children and better health for the occupants.






































            Transformation of slum at Dhanas by Chandhigarh Housing Board



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