Slum Free City Plan of Action - Varanasi
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Slum Free City Plan of Action - Varanasi Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (Sponsored by Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India) Osmania University, Hyderabad - 500007 [SLUM FREE CITY PLAN OF ACTION] VARANASI CONTENTS CONTENTS...................................................................................................................................... i LIST OF TABLES.......................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF CHARTS .......................................................................................................................... v LIST OF FIGURES ........................................................................................................................ vi LIST OF PICTURES .................................................................................................................... vii LIST OF MAPS ............................................................................................................................ viii ACRONYMS .................................................................................................................................. ix EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................................. xi ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................ xiii CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background.............................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 Objectives of Slum Free City Plan of Action .......................................................................... 1 1.3 Perspective ............................................................................................................................... 1 1.4 SFCPoA Methodology in Varanasi ......................................................................................... 2 1.5 Surveys, Investigations & Consultations................................................................................. 5 1.6 Stake Holder Consultative Workshop/Meeting ...................................................................... 6 CHAPTER 2 – VARANASI CITY PROILE & INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK................. 10 2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Physical Characteristics of the City ...................................................................................... 10 2.3 Social and Demographic Profile ............................................................................................ 13 2.4 Economic Profile .................................................................................................................... 15 2.5 Housing Profile ...................................................................................................................... 16 2.6 City Growth Pattern .............................................................................................................. 18 2.7 Infrastructure ........................................................................................................................ 21 2.8 Varanasi Institutional Setup ................................................................................................. 24 2.9 Implementation Status of BSUP in Varanasi (Housing trend supply for the urban poor).. 25 2.10 Provisions for Slums in Master Plan 2021 and Municipal Budget ....................................... 28 2.11 Municipal Finance Status of Varanasi Nagar Nigam ........................................................... 28 CHAPTER 3 - ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING STATUS OF SLUMS ....................................... 29 3.1 Diagnostic Assessment of Slums ............................................................................................ 29 3.2 Listing of Slums –Based on Number, Status, Tenability and Tenure Status ....................... 31 3.3 Physical Profile ...................................................................................................................... 34 i Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies – OU, Hyderabad [SLUM FREE CITY PLAN OF ACTION] VARANASI 3.4 Demography & Social Profile ................................................................................................ 40 3.5 Economic profile .................................................................................................................... 43 3.6 Physical Infrastructure .......................................................................................................... 46 3.7 Social infrastructure .............................................................................................................. 59 CHAPTER 4 – SLUM REHABILITATION STRATEGY .......................................................... 64 4.1 Rehabilitation Strategy .......................................................................................................... 64 4.2 Slum Categorization .............................................................................................................. 69 4.3 Slum Rehabilitation Framework ........................................................................................... 77 CHAPTER 5 – REQUIREMENT & INVESTMENT .................................................................. 83 5.1 Physical requirements ........................................................................................................... 83 5.2 Implementation Plan ............................................................................................................. 85 5.3 Modalities / Approach ........................................................................................................... 89 5.4 Investment Requirements ...................................................................................................... 90 5.5 Capacity Building .................................................................................................................. 94 CHAPTER 6 - SLUM PREVENTION STRATEGY ................................................................... 95 6.1 Introduction of Slum Prevention Strategy ............................................................................ 95 6.2 Housing Stock Assessment in slums ...................................................................................... 96 6.3 Implementation Plan ............................................................................................................. 97 6.4 Investment requirements ..................................................................................................... 111 6.5 Slum Prevention Reforms ................................................................................................... 113 6.6 Capacity Building ................................................................................................................ 116 CHAPTER 7 - FINANCING STRATEGY ................................................................................. 117 7.1 Touchstone Principles.......................................................................................................... 117 7.3 Financing Plan ..................................................................................................................... 118 7.4 Monitoring & Review .......................................................................................................... 121 7.5 Reforms ................................................................................................................................ 121 LIST OF ANNEXURES .............................................................................................................. 123 ii Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies – OU, Hyderabad [SLUM FREE CITY PLAN OF ACTION] VARANASI LIST OF TABLES Table 2-1 : Decadal growth trend of Varanasi city population .......................................................... 13 Table 2-2: Population Density of Varanasi ....................................................................................... 14 Table 2-3 : Population projections for Varanasi city ......................................................................... 15 Table 2-4 : Employment Profile of Varanasi City............................................................................. 15 Table 2-5 : Workforce Participation composition ............................................................................ 16 Table 2-6 : Working Population projections from 2011 to 2031 ....................................................... 16 Table 2-7 : Projection of Housing & Housing shortage in Varanasi city ........................................... 17 Table 2-8 : Future Population & Housing projections pertaining to EWS/LIG .................................. 17 Table 2-9 : Development taken place in view of and in opposition to master plan 2011 .................... 20 Table 2-10 : Proposed Master Plan-2031 and comparison with 2001 ................................................ 20 Table 2-11 : Water Supply Sources .................................................................................................. 21 Table 2-12 : Estimated waste generation .........................................................................................