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HOUSING, URBAN POVERTY AND INFRASTRUCTURE



 by  offering  them  alternative  sites  and  tenements.  One   survey, shall not be eligible to get a housing unit under this   being  provided  by  the  Chandigarh  Administration  as   house.  Many  rehabilitators  encashed  the  subsidy  by
 Room Tenements were constructed in Sector 26, Sector   programme. With  these  aims  in  view,  the  'Chandigarh   State Share.   selling  off  the  unit  they  went  back  to  slums.  Every
 29, Sector 30, Sector 32 and Sector 38 to rehabilitate these   Small  Flats  Scheme-  2006'  was  notified  by  the   allotment is now being done on an affordable monthly
         PROCESS:
 slum dwellers.  Chandigarh Administration in the year 2006.  license fee basis with the option of owning the house after
         Some of the greatest challenges for the Administration   twenty years.
 On the constitution of the Chandigarh Housing Board in   MOBILISATION OF RESOURCES:
         had  been  to  make  the  slum  dwellers  adapt  to  a  new
 the year 1976, Chandigarh Administration entrusted the       Deploying of IT for Effective Management-
 The  Chandigarh  Administration  has  designated  the   lifestyle  which  primarily  included  paying  the  rent
 task  of  rehabilitating  the  slum  dwellers  to  the  Board.
 Chandigarh  Housing  Board  as  the  nodal  agency  for   regularly,  not  misusing  the  premises  for  commercial   Detailed biometric survey of the 18 notified slum colonies
 Chandigarh Housing Board's first important scheme of
 implementation of the Chandigarh Small Flats Scheme   activities or sub-letting or reselling and motivating them   helped ascertaining exact number of families living there,
 2712 Sites & Services in Village Dadumajra & Karsan
 for construction of 25728 Small Flats.   for paying the electricity / Water bills which they were   which included a digital photograph of the family and
 won  the  1st  National  Prize  from  HUDCO  in  the  year
         accustomed  of  availing  free-of-cost  in  slums  through   electronically captured thumb and finger impressions of
 1979. The Chandigarh Housing Board has been taking up   CHB,  a  Statutory  Body  constituted  under  Haryana
 rehabilitation  programmes  from  time  to  time  and  has   Housing  Board  Act,  1971,  as  extended  to  UT  of   illegal means. The processes adopted are:   the head of the family. This put to rest all possible claims
 catered to the needs of about 36000 families by providing   Chandigarh is an Engineering Organization engaged in   Ÿ In the allotment of these dwelling units, care has   and counterclaims regarding eligibility.
 EWS units, One Room Tenements and Sites & Services   construction  of  houses  under  its  General  Housing   been taken to make both husband and wife joint   Development  of  a  comprehensive  software  SRISHTI
 before the commencement of the comprehensive slum            helped  in  reducing  processing  time  for  an  application
 Schemes.  Besides  its  mandate  for  housing   owners of the unit
 rehabilitation project taken under JnNURM.                   from 6 months to 2 hours, workflow-based automation,
 implementation, CHB is also engaged in the process of
           Ÿ Underground  cabling  for  electricity  supply  to   no chance of skipping of the queue as regards allotment
 ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIORITIES:  developing  various  assignments  of  the  Chandigarh   prevent any pilferage
 Administration  such  as  booths  for  Rehri  markets,       process, digital photograph and fingerprint of the allottee
 All previous attempts to address the problem had mixed       captured and printed on the allotment letter/ possession
 booths/shops for motor mechanics, project Kalagram, Dr.   Ÿ Lockable water supply meters
 results. With the increasing cost of land, infrastructure    slip, digitized databases of voter list of 2006-10 and other
 Ambedkar Bhawan, Post Master General Building, NAC
 and construction, the houses were becoming costlier and   Ÿ Close monitoring   years under which eligibility was checked, integration
 Building etc.
 unaffordable. The houses constructed under the earlier   Ÿ Use  of  biometric  identification  for  collection  of   with  Aadhar  number  and  printing  of  Aadhar  on  the
 rehabilitation  programmes  were  provided  to  the  slum   The Engineering Wing of CHB is headed by the Chief   license fee   allotment letters.
 dwellers at highly subsidized prices which command a   Engineer and supported by SEs, EEs, Architect, SDEs and
 premium  in  the  market.  This  had  mainly  three   AEs/JEs  besides  other  technical/ground  staff  for   Ÿ Depicting a photograph of the allottee and Aadhar   Simplification of Procedures
 implications: firstly, a large number of people thronged   supervision of works. Thus all related works pertaining to   number on the allotment letter and possession slip   Allotment was done on-the-spot through a camp at site
 the city with the expectation of getting a cheap house.   implementation of the scheme right from preparation of   on the flat.   that helped reduce time, money and efforts, which was
 Secondly,  many  beneficiaries  sold  the  houses  in  the   DPRs, tender documents, cost estimates, processing of   Ÿ Ensuring demolition of huts by the allottee.  The   further  facilitated  through  the  presence  of  all  officials
 market at a premium and went back to the slums. Thirdly,   tenders, designing of the flats and its layout etc. were   demolished huts were checked by the official from   involved from:
 all  these  houses  were  given  as  site  and  services  or
 undertaken in-house. The works under the scheme are   Estate Office after three days of handing over the
 independent one room dwelling units which were altered       Chandigarh  Housing  Board  -for  handing  over  of
 being  implemented  through  a  transparent  tendering   physical possession.
 with  large-scale  unauthorized  and  unapproved             allotment  letter  and  possession  slipEstate  Office
 process.  As  far  as  the  management  of  the  financial
 construction. Thus, a course correction was felt necessary   These  practices  have  been  accepted  and  are  being   Chandigarh -for redressing issues relating to eligibility
 resources is concerned, Rs. 436.30 crores of the project
 in the existing Slum Rehabilitation Programme.   followed by the residents knowing fully well that any   Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh -for providing water
 cost  is  being  provided  by  Govt.  of  India  as  Central
         digression  from  these  could  make  them  loosing  the
 For providing decent and dignified living conditions at   Assistance under JnNURM and the rest Rs. 585.18 crores   supply  meter  connection  Engineering  Department,
         accommodation which they can own only after 20 years
 affordable  cost  and  to  avoid  pitfalls  of  the  earlier   share is being provided by the Chandigarh Administration   Chandigarh---for providing electricity meter connection
         of occupation.
 rehabilitation  programmes,  Chandigarh Administration   as State Share. Due to non-availability of all the identified   Notary public -for attestation of license deed and etc.
 decided to provide accommodation, in the form of one   beneficiaries under survey in 2006, the project has been   The  Best  Practices  followed  in  the  implementation   Simplification of Forms
 room flat, on a license fee basis to the slum dwellers.   curtailed  to  construction  of  17696  flats  with  a   process:
 Based on the socio-economic survey conducted by IDFC,   proportioned cost of Rs. 657.47 crores and against this   i) A simple one page application form devised with no
 the paying capacity of slum dwellers has been estimated   grant of Rs. 554.17 crores has been received by CHB.   Change in Mode of Allotment-  attachments, enclosures or proofs
 at Rs. 1,000/- p.m. In order to ensure that there is no future   Now under the scheme, project cost of Rs. 292.32 crores   Earlier all units were allotted on a hire-purchase basis and
 encroachment on Govt. land, it has been decided that any   were  highly  subsidized.  A  large  number  of  people   ii)  Single  page  allotment  letter,  possession  slip,  and
 has been provided by Govt. of India as Central Assistance    license deed simplified the process time
 family  which  has  not  been  included  in  the  biometric   thronged the city in the expectation of getting a cheap
 under JnNURM and the rest Rs. 365.15 crores share is

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