The pattern of slums in each city has resulted from its environment, stage of development and characteristics of location. About 3km off omr in perumbakkam, eightstoreyed apartment blocks painted green, yellow and peach catch the eye. This envisages the provision of houses for all urban slum families in tamil nadu and making the cities towns slum free before 2023. Urban poor, cities india, contribution of urban poor, urban poverty chennai. Slums and informal settlements indian cities thrive off the labor of the poor domestic work, auto rickshaw drivers, street vendors, employees of small industries and shops, and more.
The various programmes of tnscb are being implemented by three circles in chennai, one circle each at madurai and coimbatore and fifteen divisions in chennai, two divisions at coimbatore and one division each at madurai, trichirappalli, salem and tirunelveli. Future concerns the voice of the seminar emerged in the last year nonstop rains in chennai city, december 2015. The experience of slum dwellers in chennai under the economic. Figure 1 slum populations in the four metropolitan cities of india in 2001 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 kolkata greater mumbai delhi chennai polulation in hundred thousands total population slum population % but in most cases the temperature does not fall much. Lalitha kamath school of habitat studies, tiss centre for urban policy and governance, school of habitat studies, tata institute of social sciences, mumbai august 2015 icssr sponsored research. Improving health of children in urban slums through an. Director of census operations, tamil nadu living conditions have a direct impact on public health. There are 272 slums in south chennai in valasaravakkam, alandur, adyar, perungudi and sholinganallur. Slums in chennai increase by 50% in a single decade. Slum free city plan of action based on usha survey s. Sudharsanam manni balasubramaniam, venkatesh munuswamy paneerselvam, mangayarkarasi senguttuvan and jayam subramanian from sahishnatha trust, chennai. Shifting approaches to slums in chennai university of twente.
The level of tds of sample wells varied from 500 ppm to 2500 ppm. In all these cities slums and squatter settlements mushroomed on public and private land and are characterized by high population density. Growth and economic development of chennai and the growth of slums have totally. These people are mostly unemployed or daily wage workers who cannot even afford basic necessities of life.
Improving health of children in urban slums through an integrated model based approach a case study from chennai. The proliferation of slums is a phenomenon of rapid urbanization witnessed by all developing economies. Slums pose a persistent challenge for fast growing urban areas in the global south, despite. Out of the totals in chennai, 548,517 were males and rest were 530,897 females. Department of geography, university of madras and faculty of environmental studies, york university.
This is the context in which the current research of the impact of. Hyderabad has the second largest population of urban poor in cities in india 23 per cent. Access to health services among slum dwellers in an industrial township and surrounding rural areas. Children, women and disabled in urban slums are even more vulnerable in comparing the rural population. The proportion of the slum population in chennai to the total population is 26%. Fieldwork was conducted in the slums of jaipur, india during the summer of.
Chennai has the fourth highest population of slum dwellers in india, estimated at 820,000, or 19% of the citys total population. While chennai has adopted several strategies ranging from upgrading to reconstruction, the city has been unable to deliver its target of clearing slum settlements. Slums in chennai, india and the impact of the december 2004 tsunami on an ecohealth project martin j bunch academia. Slum boards pet project ends up dank, dingy chennai. Slum population in delhi after mumbai, delhi has the second largest slum population in india. A rapid epidemiological assessment amitav banerjee, j. As per provisional reports of census india, population of chennai in 2011 is 4,646,732. Hundred of houses collapsed or submerged in landslides and mudslides. While chennai has adopted several strategies ranging from. People residing in informal settlements face numerous problems such as. One of the biggest challenges that face urban planners worldwide is the proliferation of slums in urban areas and the host of health hazards that they bring along in their wake. Hyderabad has second largest poor populace in india. Chennai city population census 20112020 tamil nadu.
These communities have been collaborating, with some success, on a project to. Major slum areas in top ten cities of india in these clean and green city of india, due to rising population, the number of slum dwellers rising in indian cities. Distribution of houses by predominant nature of floor. This paper focuses on the role of women in community development in slums in the developing nations. Our team traveled to mumbai, india, to get the inside scoop on dharavi, widely considered the largest slum in asia. Details on tds level in ground water in chennai are given in the annexure via. Chennai s slums are located on river banks, by the roadsides or on public lands though slum land and property is often informally privatized and commercialised and the economic, physical and political pressures on the inhabitants of these slums have major impacts on their lives. They will be submitted after getting approval of slsmc. This paper describes the findings of an eightyear study on human health and community engagement in anjukudisai, and objectionable slum in chennai. Chennai has returned a slum population of 1,079,414 persons. The experience of slum dwellers in chennai under the.
This project will enable children, women and differently abled to get comprehensive care. There are 155 slum divisions within the chennai municipal corporation, with a whooping 25%. Pdf slums pose a persistent challenge for fast growing urban areas in the global south, despite several decades of policy intervention. A focus on metropolitan cities article pdf available in international journal of development research 42. The population of urban slums is composed largely of rural migrants to the city. In the clean and green cities of india, one can also find those dark alleys, shabby and tiny areas that homes a million people the slums. On december 26, 2004, a tsunami struck coastal areas in the bay of bengal.
Quality of life of migrant households in urban slums in martin j. The chennai city is located in tamil nadu state of india. Slums pose a persistent challenge for fast growing urban areas in the global south, despite several decades of policy intervention. Slums area always lack by some basic necessities of life clean water, electricity and sanitation. It shows that human behaviour, constrained by socioeconomic factors, often leads to. Chennai urbanization and proliferation of slum development context and case studies.
No name of the city no of zones no of wards no of slums surveyed no of slum households surveyed investment estimated. The health effects on slum residents have shown to vary by several factors including number of years living in the slum, presence of a separate kitchen, type and permanence of the shelter. We met with the real people of dharavi, the slum that inspired the movie. The proportion of dilapidated deteriorating housing units accounts for only about 0. Chennai history chennai, which was once known as madras, is indias 4th largest city and the 6th most populated region in the country. Access to health services among slum dwellers in an. Chennai 1 200 7750 26819 100424 62205 197198 total 664 12531 27,734 1,40,747 1,98,278 4,22,223 7,88,982 preparation of hfapoa is in progress and will be completed by 15. The recent past, and what one can expect for the future over the last ten years, cities in india have accessed large amount of funds from two significant. An integrated model based approach was used to improve health status of. Among the communities affected were pallavan nagar and anju kudasai slums in chennai india. Department of service learning voice of slums in post flood chennai. Chennai city is governed by municipal corporation which comes under chennai metropolitan region.
Main sources of data on slums in india 10 chapter 4 pradhan mantri awas yojana housing for all urban 12 chapter 5 transforming our world. Children will be able to complete more than high school and also women and differently abled will be able to learn at least one life skill that will help them to be self dependent. The industrial revolution in western europe led to the migration of people to slums in cities, which created new conditions of ill health due to overcrowding, poor housing and. The neglected slum population has become a major reservoir for a wide spectrum of health issues that endangers the health of women. The state government of tamil nadu has established a slum clearance board, with a minister heading it. Around 1,485,309 slum dwellers live in kolkata while 89,873 people live in slum clusters in chennai. According to the demographic characteristic a list is prepared on the basis of population size and the list is stratified accordingly with two phases namely east. In addition to this, over rs 180 crore of the rs 250 crore sanctioned by the xii finance commission will be utilized for building new tenements in chennai slums alone. The status of living place and the health condition of. Yet, governments including the city of chennai have repeatedly failed to make affordable land available for them within a reasonable distance of their. A case study of the housing sector in chennai by t. A total of 29% of chennai population resided in slums as of 2011.
As of the provisional population totals of 2001, the slums in chennai 10,79,414 persons, which constituted 25. Activists say the condition of most slums in the city is poor. Pages in category slums in india the following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. The paper summarizes the policy implications of the research. Tamil nadu slum clearance board tamil nadu is one among the most urbanized states in the country with 48. Chennai is the capital city of the south indian state of tamil nadu and is the fourth largest metropolitan city in the country.