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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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