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CASE STUDIES

Table 1: Distribution of Unplanned Dwelling Units and Population in Delhi

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Jhuggi Jhompri 775 JJ Basti Encroached on public land (State
Basti (JJ Basti) Population 17 lakh government: 30% Central Government
70%).
Resettlement Colonies 82 (45+37) Incorporated within the expanded city
Colonies Plots 267,859 with good shelter consolidation without
Population not specified adequate services

Unauthorised Colonies 1797 Illegal colonies in violation of Master
Colonies Population about 40 lakh Plans, no clear land title

Notified Slum Katras 2,423 Notified under Slum Areas
Areas (Katras) Population 20 lakh (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1956.
Residents are staying on a perpetual
license basis.
Urban Village Urban Village 135 (227 rural Notified under Delhi Municipal
villages not yet notified as Corporation Act, 1957
urban)
Population not specified

Homeless and 16,000 persons -
Pavement Dwellers

Source: Economic Survey of Delhi 2021-22

DDA defines unauthorized by the government, or of Delhi which came in 1962
colonies as developments that urban fringe agricultural there were 110 unauthorized
comprise contiguous areas land or common land of colonies, housing around 2
where no permission from a village engulfed by city lakh people and accounted for
the concerned agency has growth (Banerjee, 2002). It about 9 percent of the city’s
been obtained for approval is estimated that around 40 population. A fourth of these
of layout plan/building lakh people or 25 percent of colonies were located in East
plan (The Gazette of India Delhi’s population reside in Delhi (Gupta, 1992; Dupont,
Extraordinary Part II Section-1 unauthorized colonies. 2005).
Sub section 2b, 2019). The genesis of unauthorized In 1956 there were 110
Unauthorized colonies consist colonies in Delhi can be traced unauthorized colonies and
of illegally sub-divided plots, back to the pre-independence with time their numbers
non-conforming land use and era when private players increased. During 1960s the
development control rules started sub-dividing tracts colonies started to grow on
and unapproved building of land on the East bank of available agricultural land
bye-laws. The land may be river Yamuna to re-sell to around urban villages and ‘lal
privately owned, or under lower income groups. Even dora’ areas as extensions or
notification for expropriation before the first Master Plan around the city periphery into

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