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HOUSING, URBAN POVERTY AND INFRASTRUCTURE



                                                                                                                                SLUM REHABILITATION PROGRAMME


                                                                                                                                - by Chandigarh Housing Board




                                                                                                                                      lum Rehabilitation Programme is being implemented by the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) under the
                                                                                                                                      aegis of Chandigarh Administration under 'Chandigarh Small Flats Scheme —2006' notified by the
                                                                                                                                SChandigarh Administration during 2006. The project aims at providing a hygienic and better living to 23841
                                                                                                                                biometrically identified slum dwellers spread over 18 notified slums in the city. The two Sub Schemes namely
                                                                                                                                'Construction of 6368 Small Flats Phase-I' and 'Construction of 19360 Small Flats Phase-II' approved by the
                                                                                                                                Government of India under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM). Three revised DPRs
                                                                                                                                for Phase I (6368 Flats), Phase II (10016 Flats) & Phase III (9344 Flats) amounting to Rs. 1021.48 Crore were
                                                                                                                                submitted with the concerned Ministry of Government of India and the same were approved by the 'Central
                                                                                                                                Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee' of Ministry of HUPA in its meeting held on 28th February 2012. The
                                                                                                                                scheme under JnNURM (BSUP) was implemented to provide affordable housing, services for urban poor, slum
                                                                                                                                settlement and improved services delivery initiative.
                                                                                                                                Due to non-availability of all the identified beneficiaries under survey in 2006, at present, the project has been
                                                                                                                                curtailed to the construction of 17696 flats with a proportioned cost of Rs. 657.47 Crores and against this grant Rs.
                                                                                                                                554.17 Crores has been received by CHB.

                                                                                                                                CHB completed the construction of 12736 small flats under Phase-I & II till 2013. CHB took the work of Phase-III
                                                    Kollur II - 2BHK Housing                                                    at Maloya-II for the construction of 4960 small flats on a chunk of land 160 acre for the approved project cost of Rs.
                                                                                                                                250 crores. The project includes one-time settlement of residents residing in the slums which are not covered under
                                                                                                                                Phase-I & II.



                                                                                                                                KEY DATES:                                              Ÿ The Governor of Punjab and Administrator U.T.
                                                                                                                                                                                           Chandigarh  handed  over  the  allotment  of  small
                                                                                                                                  Ÿ Two  Schemes  for  seeking  Central Assistance  in
                                                                                                                                                                                           flats  to  the  beneficiaries  and  the  physical
                                                                                                                                     respect of the construction of 25728 Small Flats
                                                                                                                                                                                           possession  of  the  flats  was  handed  over  in  the
                                                                                                                                     were approved on 27th December 2006 & 22nd
                                                                                                                                                                                           month of July 2019.
                                                                                                                                     December 2006.
                                                                                                                                                                                     BACKGROUND:
                                                                                                                                  Ÿ Three revised DPRs for Phase I, Phase II & Phase
                                                                                                                                     III amounting to Rs. 1021.48 crore were submitted   The Chandigarh Administration, recognizing the fact that
                                                                                                                                     with the concerned Ministry of GOI and the same   many  citizens  are  condemned  to  unhygienic  living
                                                                                                                                     were  approved  by  the  'Central  Sanctioning  and   circumstances  in  these  peri-urban  centers  undertook
                                                                                                                                     Monitoring Committee' of Ministry of HUPA in its   several rehabilitation programmes to provide better living
                                                                                                                                     meeting  held  on  28th    February,  2012.     conditions to the bulk of the slum population. During the
                                                                                                                                     Administrative Approval has been received from   year  1970,  a  survey  was  conducted  to  determine  the
                                                                                                                                     GoI MoHUPA on 15th October 2012 for Phase-II    extent of jhuggies. As a result, the number of jhuggies was
                                                                                                                                     and on 28th December, 2012 for Phase-I & III.   placed at 4454. This number increased to 8003 by 1974.
                                                                                                                                                                                     For  the  first  time  in  the  year  1975,  Chandigarh
                                                                                                                                  Ÿ CHB commenced the construction of 4960 small
                                                                                                                                                                                     Administration, through a notification dated 01.04.1975,
                                                                                                                                     flats in 2014 after inviting tender and allotting the
                                                                                                                                                                                     promulgated a scheme to rehabilitate these slum dwellers
                                                                                                                                     work to the agencies.

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