Ahmedabad Slum Free City Action Plan September 2014 This report has been prepared by CEPT University’s Centre for Research and Development Foundation for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. The Team CEPT Team Dinesh Mehta Meera Mehta Dhruv Bhavsar Nidhi Trivedi Sunil Sapte Ashish Sontakke Nilesh Parmar Kevil Vavaiya Jignesh Solanki Anushri Sardeshpande Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation Office of the Slum Networking Programme Housing Department Mahila Housing Trust Team Design and Coordination - Slum Atlas Melissa Smith, Architect & Planner, banduksmithstudio Ahmedabad Slum Free City Action Plan _____________________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents Exexutive Summary 1 Introduction and City Profile ........................................................................................................... 1 1.1 About Rajiv Awas Yojana ......................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Methodology Adopted for Preparation of Slum Free City Planning ................................. 2 1.3 City Profile .................................................................................................................................. 4 1.4 Existing Infrastructure ............................................................................................................... 9 2 Slum Survey, Mapping and Community Consultation Process ............................................... 15 2.1 Slum Survey .............................................................................................................................. 15 2.2 Management Information System for Slums ....................................................................... 17 2.3 Slum Level Action Planning Process ..................................................................................... 30 3 Slum Free City Plan and Phasing .................................................................................................. 33 3.1 Framework for Slum Free City Plan of Action .................................................................... 33 3.2 Slums in Ahmedabad .............................................................................................................. 34 3.3 Slum Categorization by Tenability ........................................................................................ 46 3.4 Components of the Programme ............................................................................................. 48 3.5 Benchmarking Parameters for Development Strategy: ...................................................... 50 3.6 Curative Strategy: Citywide Strategy for Slum Redevelopment ...................................... 51 3.7 Preventive Strategy towards Status of Slum Free City ....................................................... 69 4 Financial Resource Mobilization Plan ........................................................................................... 80 4.1 Financial Plan............................................................................................................................ 80 4.2 Financial Resource Mobilization and Cost Sharing Mechanism ....................................... 81 4.3 Implementation Plan ............................................................................................................... 83 4.4 Credit Plan ................................................................................................................................ 88 4.5 Financial Resource Mobilization Plan- RAY ........................................................................ 92 4.6 Reforms under Rajiv Awas Yojana ........................................................................................ 93 4.7 Institutional Arrangements for Implementation of Development Options .................... 98 4.8 Operation & Maintenance Arrangement .............................................................................. 99 Annexure I: Community Consultation Process under RAY ........................................................... 101 Page | a Ahmedabad Slum Free City Action Plan _____________________________________________________________________________________ Annexure II : City level/ Slumwise Vulnerability and Tenability Assessment ............................. 112 Annexure: III – List of Maps ................................................................................................................. 145 List of Annexure Tables: City Level/ Slum wise Vulnerability and Tenability Assessment Annexure II: Table 1 – Fully Rehabilitated Slums after Survey ...................................................... 113 Annexure II: Table 2 – Partially Rehabilitated Slums after Survey ................................................. 114 Annexure II: Table 3 - Slum Settlements that Required to be Delisted (less than 20 huts) ......... 115 Annexure II: Table 4 - Slums with Well Maintained Structure and Infrastructure Required to be Delisted .................................................................................................................................................... 116 Annexure II: Table 5 – Slums in Gamtal / Walled City Area Required to be Delisted ................. 117 Annexure II: Table 6 – List of Non-cooperating Slum Settlements ................................................. 118 Annexure II: Table 7 – Slums with Pending Court Litigation ......................................................... 118 Annexure II: Table 8 – Partially Rehabilitated Slums to be Rehabilitated ..................................... 119 Annexure II: Table 9 – Rehabilitation of Slums on or Near Water Bodies ..................................... 119 Annexure II: Table 10 – Rehabilitation of Slums on Major Roads or Road Margins .................... 120 Annexure II: Table 11 – Rehabilitation of Slums in or around Heritage Monuments ................. 122 Annexure II: Table 12 – Rehabilitation of Slums along Drains or Canals ...................................... 122 Annexure II: Table 13 – Rehabilitation of Slums under Sabarmati Riverfront Phase II ............... 122 Annexure II: Table 14 – Rehabilitation of Slums on Railway Land ................................................ 123 Annexure II: Table 15 – Rehabilitation of Slums on Objectionable Land ...................................... 123 Annexure II: Table 16 – Slums Already Taken for In-situ Redevelopment through PPP Model125 Annexure II: Table 17 – Potential Slums to be Undertaken under PPP Model by Open Bidding .................................................................................................................................................................. 125 Annexure II: Table 18 – In-Situ Redevelopment on Public Land (Slums on Public Land) .......... 127 Annexure II: Table 19 – Strategy for In-Situ Infrastructure Upgradation of Slums on Private Land ......................................................................................................................................................... 130 Annexure II: Table 20 – Mixed Strategy: Combination of In-Situ Upgradation + Redevelopment + Relocation Based on Physical Condition and Land Ownership................................................... 143 Page | b Ahmedabad Slum Free City Action Plan _____________________________________________________________________________________ List of Figures Figure 1-1 Planning Process of RAY ........................................................................................................ 4 Figure 1-2 Population Growth Rate ......................................................................................................... 6 Figure 2-1 Format for Socio-economic Slum Survey ........................................................................... 16 Figure 2-2 Computerized Socio-Economic Database for Slums of Ahmedabad ........................... 17 Figure 2-3 Sample Output of Total Station Survey Result for Slum ................................................. 18 Figure 2-4 Bringing CAD Information into GIS ................................................................................... 18 Figure 2-5 Linking with Satellite Image and Google Earth ................................................................ 19 Figure 3-1 Overview of Initiatives for Slum Upgradation in Ahmedabad ...................................... 36 Figure 3-2 Coverage of Water Supply Connection in Slums ............................................................. 44 Figure 3-3 Coverage of Individual Toilets in Slums ........................................................................... 45 Figure 3-4 Level of Services in Slums .................................................................................................... 45 Figure 3-5 Framework for Identification of Slum Redevelopment Strategy ................................... 51 Figure 4-1 Existing Institutional Structure ........................................................................................... 99 List of Tables Table 1-1 Status of Municipal Primary Schools in AMC as of 2010-11............................................. 10 Table 1-2 List of Municipal Libraries in Ahmedabad ......................................................................... 10 Table 1-3 List of Urban Health Centres in Ahmedabad ..................................................................... 12 Table 1-4 List of Municipal Hospitals in Ahmedabad .......................................................................