Slum Free City Plan of Action - Kanpur Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies (Sponsored by Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India) Osmania University, Hyderabad – 500 007 RAY: Slum Free City Plan of Action KANPUR Contents LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................................iii LIST OF CHARTS ....................................................................................................................................... iv LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................................... v LIST OF PICTURES .................................................................................................................................... vi LIST OF MAPS ........................................................................................................................................... vii ACRONYMS .............................................................................................................................................. viii 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 Kanpur ................................................................................................................................ 2 1.5 Surveys, Investigations & Consultations ............................................................................................................... 5 1.6 Stakeholders Consultative Workshop/Meeting ................................................................................................ 6 CHAPTER 2 – CITY PROFILE & INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK ..................................................12 2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Physical Characteristics of The City ...................................................................................................................... 12 2.3 Social and Demographic Profile .............................................................................................................................. 16 2.6 City Growth Pattern ....................................................................................................................................................... 21 2.8 Kanpur Institutional Setup ........................................................................................................................................ 28 2.9 Municipal Finance Status of Kanpur Nagar Nigam........................................................................................ 28 2.10 Schemes/Programmes for Slum Improvement ......................................................................................... 29 CHAPTER 3 - ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING STATUS OF SLUMS ......................................................31 3.1 Diagnostic Assessment of Slums ............................................................................................................................. 31 3.2 Listing of Slums –Based On Number, Status, Tenability and Tenure Status .................................... 33 3.3 Physical Profile ................................................................................................................................................................ 39 3.4 Demography & Social Profile .................................................................................................................................... 45 3.5 Economic Profile ............................................................................................................................................................. 48 3.6 Physical Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................................ 51 3.7 Social Infrastructure ..................................................................................................................................................... 65 Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies, Hyderabad Page i RAY: Slum Free City Plan of Action KANPUR CHAPTER 4 – SLUM REHABILITATION STRATEGY ........................................................................72 4.1 Rehabilitation Strategy ................................................................................................................................................ 72 4.2 Slum Categorization ...................................................................................................................................................... 76 4.3 Slum Rehabilitation Framework............................................................................................................................. 84 CHAPTER 5 – REQUIREMENT & INVESTMENT ................................................................................90 5.1 Physical Requirements ................................................................................................................................................ 90 5.2 Implementation Plan .................................................................................................................................................... 93 5.3 Modalities / Approach ................................................................................................................................................. 97 5.4 Investment Requirements.......................................................................................................................................... 99 5.5 Capacity Building ..........................................................................................................................................................104 CHAPTER 6 - SLUM PREVENTION STRATEGY ............................................................................... 105 6.1 Introduction of Slum Prevention Strategy .......................................................................................................105 6.2 Housing Stock Assessment in Slums ...................................................................................................................107 6.3 Implementation Plan ..................................................................................................................................................108 6.4 Investment Requirements........................................................................................................................................118 6.5 Slum Prevention Reforms ........................................................................................................................................120 6.6 Capacity Building ..........................................................................................................................................................123 CHAPTER 7 - FINANCING STRATEGY .............................................................................................. 124 7.1 Touchstone Principles ................................................................................................................................................124 7.2 Investment Creation for Creation of New Affordable Housing Including Rental Housing .....125 7.3 Financing Plan ................................................................................................................................................................126 7.4 Monitoring & Review ..................................................................................................................................................128 7.5 Reforms ..............................................................................................................................................................................129 LIST OF ANNEXURES ........................................................................................................................... 130 Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies, Hyderabad Page ii RAY: Slum Free City Plan of Action KANPUR LIST OF TABLES Table 2- 1: Decadal growth trend of Kanpur city population .................................................................. 17 Table 2- 2: Physical & Demographic profile of Kanpur city ..................................................................... 18 Table 2- 3: Population projection for Kanpur city .......................................................................................