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HOUSING, URBAN POVERTY AND INFRASTRUCTURE

ASHA CHADHI PARWAN - challenges in urbanization and aims to 'make cities and source of income. Unable to afford regular meals,
human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient, and thinking about owning a house was a distant dream for
"DREAM COMES TRUE" sustainable', wherein its first target quests to 'ensure these residents.

access for all, to adequate, safe and affordable housing
- by State Urban Development Agency, Chhattisgarh and basic services, and upgrade slums'. KEY DATES:

Hence, the time was ripe when the government should DATES Significance/Achievement
(day-month-year)
focus on addressing issues of urban poor and slum
25/02/2018 Conceptualization
eprosy is a disease which incapacitates a person, and when there is a community affected by it, dwellers and find options which works in improving the 27/02/2018 First community meeting with
living conditions without hampering their livelihood.
rehabilitation of them itself is a challenge. In Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh there were 61 families suffering beneficiaries
State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) and
Lfrom leprosy, unable to arrange meals to eat and thinking about a house was a distant dream while residing 03/03/2018 Survey & measurement of the
Municipal Corporation Rajnandgaon had combinedly
in precarious condition in a locality named Asha Nagar. Every year in inclement weather conditions, they faced kutcha House for DPR preparation.
taken steps to address the need of the hour of providing
extreme inconveniences. Under PMAY, they were selected as beneficiaries and through convergence with multiple 20/03/2018 Applying for patta renewal for DPR
sustainable housing for the leprosy affected community preparation
state & central government schemes, the process of constructing pucca houses was initiated. They were selected not residing in the Asha Nagar area in Rajnandgaon,
only to provide a pucca house but also to bring them to main stream, raise their socio-economic standard, inculcate Chhattisgarh. 27/03/2018 Approval for temporary patta &
distribution of a copy of temporary
faith in government policies & provide a livelihood. patta for DPR preparation
Leprosy, one of the neglected tropical diseases, is
"Asha Chadhi Parwan" - "Dream Comes True" was the motto while implementing this project. Respectable life, with generally associated with poverty, overcrowding, thereby 30/06/2018 DPR sanction
04/08/2018 Distribution of permanent patta by
self-earning, education to children, meals without pleading and a pucca house which was the wildest dream of affecting the most undeserved population of the country.
HCM of Chhattisgarh, State
Leprosy affected community in Asha Nagar, had to be successfully converted into reality. While making housing as a The visible deformities of the hand and foot and the
15 /08/2018 First foundation geo-tagged in Asha
driving force, benefits of varied Central and State Government schemes were provided to the destitute residing in accompanying sensory loss contribute significantly to the Nagar
this locality through convergence, which also aided in achieving the targets of Sustainable Development Goals, New stigma faced by leprosy patients.This, stigma and 31/01/2019 First house completion
Urban Agenda and WHO's "Global leprosy strategy 2016– 2020'. Through this project, the overall habitat of these ostracization of patients severely affect the social 11/09/2019 50% of houses are completed &
existence of the patients (affecting marriage, employment
people has been upgraded along with socio-economic upliftment. occupied in Asha Nagar
etc.) and contribute to the spread of disease away from
23/10/2019 Community garden completion
public glare by reducing health-seeking behavior among
09/01/2020 Houses are completed & occupied
the community for leprosy.The global prevalence of
in Asha Nagar
leprosy according to Global Leprosy Update 2017 is 0.25
BACKGROUND:
per 10,000 population. The total number of new cases ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIORITIES:
Urbanization is the process by diagnosed in 2017 in India were 1,26,164 (approximately State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) and
which cities and towns grow and 60% of the world's new leprosy cases), wherein, the Municipal Corporation Rajnandgaon had taken a gallant
develop, it has provoked its fair highest prevalence of leprosy was seen in Chhattisgarh step for the leprosy affected community by providing
share of 'by-products'. One of the (2.25/10,000 population). them land ownership documents and selecting them as
most 'persistent' among them
Asha Nagar is encompassing an area of approx. 1.46 beneficiaries in Beneficiary Led Construction (BLC)
happens to be the pockets of
hectare in ward 22 of Rajnandgaon Municipal under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana – Housing for All
poverty and neighborhood decay,
Corporation. A total of 61 families suffering from leprosy (PMAY-HFA). They were provided with all kinds of
famously known as 'slums'.
and physical disabilities were staying in this area since facilities such as electricity, water and toilet, while
Currently, almost 1.1 billion
1984, with a total population of 289 which includes 91 construction of the garden, road, street light, sewerage
individuals reside in slums which is
males, 110 females and 88 children. Leprosy is a disease line and water supply were executed through various
almost a third of the world's urban
which incapacitates a person, and when there is an entire central and state government funded schemes, they were
population, which could shoot up to
community affected by it, rehabilitation becomes a also provided with jobs as per there capabilities.
approx 3 billion in the coming 3
challenge. Most of them would beg for their daily needs, MOBILISATION OF RESOURCES:
decades. The 11th Sustainable
some did casual labour work while a few ferried
Development Goal (SDG) focuses • The total financial assistance provided for the
commuters on cycle rickshaws. The social stigma
on the urge to mitigate the successful implementation of the project till date has
associated with the disease left them with no permanent
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