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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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