SFCPoA for Baruipur Municipality Slum Free City Plan of Action (SFCPoA)-Baruipur Municipality March, 2014 Baruipur Municipality South 24 Parganas West Bengal SFCPoA for Baruipur Municipality Table of Contents LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................................ 1 LIST OF MAPS ................................................................................................................................................... 2 LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................................................. 3 INTRODUCTORY NOTE BY CHAIRPERSON ........................................................................................................ 4 PLANNING TEAM ............................................................................................................................................... 5 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ..................................................................................................................................... 6 ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................................... 7 WORKING DEFINITIONS .................................................................................................................................... 8 SFCPOA –EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................ 11 Introduction............................................................................................................................................... 11 City Profile ................................................................................................................................................ 11 Baruipur Municipality .............................................................................................................................. 11 Preparatory tasks for preparation of SFCPoA .................................................................................... 12 Tenability Analysis .................................................................................................................................. 13 Prioritisation of slums.............................................................................................................................. 13 Slum development options for different categories of slums ............................................................ 14 Assessment of Existing and likely Future Housing Shortage ........................................................... 15 Future supply options and Policy reforms ........................................................................................... 15 Timeline for Achieving the Reforms ..................................................................................................... 17 Financing and implementation strategy ............................................................................................... 17 SECTION I : BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................. 22 1.1 SFCPoA Initiation ....................................................................................................................... 22 1.1.1 Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) .................................................................................................................... 22 1.1.2 Slum Free City Plan of Action under RAY ........................................................................................ 22 1.1.3 Coverage of RAY in West Bengal ...................................................................................................... 23 1.2 SFCPoA Preparation Methodology ................................................................................................ 23 1.2.1 Stakeholders Consultations Workshops ............................................................................................ 25 1.2.2 City Profile .............................................................................................................................................. 27 1.2.3 Preparation of GIS Base Map ............................................................................................................. 27 1.2.3.1 Procurement of Satellite Image and Collection of Existing Data ............................................ 28 1.2.3.2 Slum Boundary Demarcation and/or validation ........................................................................ 28 1.2.3.3 Vacant land mapping .................................................................................................................... 28 1.2.3.4 Creation of other Layers .............................................................................................................. 28 1.2.4 Socio- Economic Survey and validation of Data .............................................................................. 28 1.2.4.1 Conduct of Socio-Economic Survey ........................................................................................... 28 1.2.4.2 Data Compilation and Validation ................................................................................................ 29 1.2.5 Integration of GIS and MIS Data ......................................................................................................... 31 1.2.6 Categorisation of Slum based on Tenability Analysis ...................................................................... 32 1.2.7 Prioritization of Slums ........................................................................................................................... 32 1.2.8 Formulation of Slum Development Options ...................................................................................... 33 1.2.9 Finalisation of SFCPoA ........................................................................................................................ 33 SECTION: 2 INTRODUCTION-CITY PROFILE ................................................................................................... 34 2.1 City Overview .................................................................................................................................... 34 2.1.1 History of Baruipur ................................................................................................................................ 35 2.1.2 Location of Baruipur ............................................................................................................................. 35 2.1.3 Physical Linkages ................................................................................................................................. 35 2.2 Physical Characteristics of the City................................................................................................ 36 2.2.1 Soil and Topography ............................................................................................................................ 36 2.2.2 Climate ................................................................................................................................................... 36 2.3 Social and Demographic profile ..................................................................................................... 37 2.3.1 Population .............................................................................................................................................. 37 2.3.2 Population Density ................................................................................................................................ 39 2.4 Spatial Growth Patterns ................................................................................................................... 40 1 SFCPoA for Baruipur Municipality 2.4.1 Growth Direction of City ....................................................................................................................... 40 2.4.2 Land Use ................................................................................................................................................ 41 2.5 Economic profile ............................................................................................................................... 43 2.5.1 Economic Profile ................................................................................................................................... 43 2.5.2 Work Force Participation...................................................................................................................... 43 2.5.3 Income level ........................................................................................................................................... 43 2.5.4 Sex Ratio ............................................................................................................................................... 44 2.6 Housing profile .................................................................................................................................. 44 2.7 Physical Infrastructure profile ......................................................................................................... 44 2.7.1 Water Supply ......................................................................................................................................... 44 2.7.2 Drainage