Slum Free City Plan of Action - Allahabad 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] Allahabad CONTENTS CONTENTS............................................................................................................................................ i LIST OF TABLES ............................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF CHARTS ............................................................................................................................... v 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 Allahabad .............................................................................................. 2 1.5 Surveys, Investigations & Consultations ........................................................................................ 5 1.6 Stakeholder consultative workshop/meeting .................................................................................. 7 CHAPTER 2 – CITY PROFILE & OVERVIEW ........................................................................... 11 2.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 11 2.2 Physical Characteristics of the City .............................................................................................. 11 2.3 Social and Demographic Profile ................................................................................................... 14 2.4 Economic Profile .......................................................................................................................... 16 2.5 Housing Profile ............................................................................................................................. 17 2.6 City Growth Pattern ...................................................................................................................... 19 2.7 Infrastructure ................................................................................................................................. 21 2.8 Allahabad Institutional Setup........................................................................................................ 25 2.9 Review of Slum Development Programmes ................................................................................ 27 2.10 Municipal finance ......................................................................................................................... 30 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 ............................................................................................................................. 36 3.4 Demography & Social Profile....................................................................................................... 42 Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies, OU, Hyderabad i [SLUM FREE CITY PLAN OF ACTION] Allahabad 3.5 Economic profile .......................................................................................................................... 46 3.6 Physical Infrastructure .................................................................................................................. 48 3.7 Social infrastructure ...................................................................................................................... 62 CHAPTER 4 – SLUM REHABILITATION STRATEGY ............................................................. 68 4.1 Rehabilitation Strategy ................................................................................................................. 68 4.2 Slum Categorization ..................................................................................................................... 72 4.3 Slum Rehabilitation Framework ................................................................................................... 79 CHAPTER 5 – REQUIREMENT & INVESTMENT ..................................................................... 85 5.1 Physical requirements ................................................................................................................... 85 5.2 Implementation Plan ..................................................................................................................... 87 5.3 Modalities / Approaches ............................................................................................................... 91 5.4 Investment Requirements ............................................................................................................. 92 5.5 Other costs .................................................................................................................................... 95 5.6 Capacity Building ......................................................................................................................... 96 CHAPTER 6 - SLUM PREVENTION STRATEGY ....................................................................... 97 6.1 Introduction of Slum Prevention Strategy .................................................................................... 97 6.2 Housing Stock Assessment in slums ............................................................................................ 98 6.3 Implementation Plan ..................................................................................................................... 99 6.4 Investment requirements ............................................................................................................. 107 6.5 Slum Prevention Reforms ........................................................................................................... 109 6.6 Capacity Building ....................................................................................................................... 111 CHAPTER 7 - FINANCING STRATEGY ..................................................................................... 113 7.1 Touchstone Principles ................................................................................................................. 113 7.2 Investment creation for creation of new affordable housing including rental housing ............... 114 7.3 Financing Plan ............................................................................................................................ 114 7.4 Monitoring & Review ................................................................................................................. 117 7.5 Reforms....................................................................................................................................... 117 LIST OF ANNEXURES ................................................................................................................... 118 Regional Centre for Urban and Environmental Studies, OU, Hyderabad ii [SLUM FREE CITY PLAN OF ACTION] Allahabad LIST OF TABLES Table 2-1 : Population of Allahabad ..................................................................................................... 14 Table 2-2 : Population Density of Allahabad ........................................................................................ 15 Table 2-3 : Migration in Allahabad....................................................................................................... 15 Table 2-4 : Population projection from 2011 and 2031 ........................................................................ 16 Table 2-5 : Workers in Allahabad City ................................................................................................. 16 Table 2-6 : Distribution of Workers by Industrial Classification.........................................................