IMPROVE STANDARD OF LIVING , FOR SLUM DWELLERS
Builders who are taking active interest in rehabilitating the slum area must try to develop the whole slum area with hospitalshaving new technolgy, playgrounds ,nursing homes ,clinics, rain water harvesting scheme, vermicomposting pits , recycling units . These slum areas must be developed into self -sufficient slum areas.
Existing hospitals and schools ,clinics ,nursing homes must be continued or with additional floors or sufficient space must be given to them for new construction.
Existing municipal schools with less area must be allowed to increase the FSI (floor scale index ),increase municipal schools upto 6 floors or more as per the need of the area .for e.g in Kokanipada ,malad (east) Al –SAFA URDU SCHOOL ,no doubt the childrens are happy with the MID-DAY MEAL SCHEME . Teachers are also happy as there there are less drop outs. But one look at the classroom and you realize the size of one small room with so many crammed,childrens on desk and seats . If one child wants to write , she cannot write unless her hands &legs touches someone sitting next to her . More floors must be allowed to built.. solar panels must be installed in these schools for reduction in electricity bill .
Just as there are sudden checks on restaurants and hotels , the health department must conduct sudden checks in these municipal schools toilets to see the situation faced by these small children.
The mindset of slum childrens and individuals staying there needs to be changed .Here SLUM REHABILITATION CENTRE with 6 floors comes into picture . Every slum area must have slum rehabilitation centre .A questionnaire research needs to be carried out regarding the aptitude interest of childrens and individuals in slum areas and accordingly start classes. for e.g painting , yoga, swimming ,.dance,singing ,computer classes ,karate,library,prayer roometc to channel the frustration,anger ,jealousy of stressed out slum childrens and tap their physical energy into productive outlets.These slum childrens easily resort to smoking ,kidnapping,robbery,rape etc.
Local womens problems must also be addressed for e.g if the mother and father both are working as maids and drivers respectively ,then Children crèches must be started in the required area of younger children. As also Internet centres and Public call booths or STD centres ,Pay and use toilets must be started by these builders .Open defecation must be stopped to reduce the spread of various diseased..
Open defecation must be stopped to reduce the spread of various diseased..There must be a Total Sanitation Campaign in these slum areas.
These centres must inform young girls and boys regularly regarding smoking,chewingpaan,gutka,tobacco and related diseases like cancer, cleanliness ,need for rainwater harvesting,vermicompost pits,solar energy, health campaigns like polio etc.
Schools in the day can be operated as slum rehabilitation centre at night if there is genuine space constraint..However some municipal schools do havenight schools ,so additionally rehabilitation centre needs to be developed.
SLUM TRADE BELTS OR CENTRES must be continued in the specific slum area for e.g in dharavi ,plastic recycling industry,ghasitaram sweet factory, bakeries ,gold jewellery trade ,zari work etc undertaking must be separately allotted units or zones to ensure the employment oppourtunity is in their own vincity for the slum dwellers as Slum dwellers always insist on getting relocated near their workplace.
Donations to these SLUM REHABILITATION CENTRESFUND must be exempt from tax..
SOME FAMOUS SLUMS IN MUMBAI
1..Subhash nagar ,MIDC ,andheri(east) ,home to morenthan 5,000 families.
- According to Dharavi Redevelopment Project,there are 60,158 structures in Dharavi of which 45,563 tenements are residential,they surveyed only groundfloor structures and did not include peole living on the first and the second floor .Sources said that there could be additional 25,000 families living on the upper floors in Dharavi.
3. Ganpat nagar ,off malad creek, home to more than 7,000 residents
4. Jari mari,Indira nagar and Bail bazaar,home to more than 60,000 families,which flanks the Mumbai airport,.
- Annabhau Sathe nagar,Shant nagar,Mandala,home to more than 2000 families.
Only after improving their standard of living , the unutilized extraspace must be commercially exploited by the developer .they must try to improve the social security of these slum dwellers when they are providing low cost houses.
