Town Planning to Accomodate Slum Dwellers: Janahitwadi

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Town Planning, Need of the Time

As long as villages were small the obvious need was planning in terms of groups. Various groups located at appropriate places so that for a particular need a person could visit the relevant group. Distances were small, could walk in a few minutes. Although, communication has improved but it did bring major problems with it. Nothing like having all facilities at walking distance.

All the time we need work place very near, shopping complexes just outside, schools and colleges within cycling distance, and all other facilities at walking distance. Suburbs is a good method to divide population in groups and providing all facilities for each of the suburbs.

Even in suburbs citizens need to fulfil their requirements like maid servant, plumber, fitter, electrician, carpenter, radio-TV mechanic, milk, vegetables, security and so many others. Persons who provide these services generally reside in hutments rather slums. In present system rehabilitation of slums is undertaken at far off location. This way lot of inconvenience is faced by slum dwellers and their services have become costly.

I feel transportation should be given higher importance while locating suburbs. We have well tested solution in the form of 'Local Train'. Local train tracks should be within walking distance say around 1 km. If width of city is more requirement may be more than tracks along the length separated by about 2 km.

While planning flats, houses, shopping complexes, and all residential, commercial, entertainment buildings, hotels, restaurants and all, care should be taken to provide adequate parking, roads, approaches, road crossings, vehicle speed barriers, noise, pollution, transport facilities, water drainage and other services well in advance. Some common aspects to all constructions as I can visualise are as under:-

1. Adequate parking for all vehicles in the ground floor or if needed in lower floors.

2. In residential building, floor above parking should accommodate smaller flats for very low income group like slum dwellers and also old persons whose children stay in that building.

3. Tree plantation should be planned before construction takes off. Trees producing more oxygen should be given due importance.

4. Solar energy should be harnessed to maximum possible extent.

5. Rain water should be collected and stored. If storage is not practicable, then it should be left at suitable safe depth.

Nothing is available in this world for free. Even in money given to a beggar is not free from selfishness. People do think the God will be pleased and their sins will be forgiven by the God. Government and other charity organisations also have their interest in offering some thing free. The other side is it makes people believe that there is no need to work. This is harmful for productivity od the nation. So there should be policy for helping poor but not distributing free gifts.

Outline of offering residential dwellings to poor is as under:-

1. Dwellings should be offered either on rental basis or in installments within the reach of the prospective dwellers.

2. If offered on installments these should be on 99 year lease.

3. If on hire, on death of the occupant automatically it should be reverted back to owner and should be given on hire to another slum dweller.

4. Re-leasing or re-renting shall be totally disallowed.

5. Installments should be recovered in 20 years or more.

6. While fixing installments it should be low in the beginning and rise as the years pass.

7. Interest rate should be low say 3%. Difference in market interest rate and 3% should be borne by the Municipal Corporation.

8. Municipal Corporation should stand guarantee for loan or vacation of the dwelling.

9. If installments are not paid for 6 consecutive months the dwelling should be got vacated by the Municipal Corporation and the owner should give to similar person.

This way all slum dwellers should be rehabilitated. This way there will be less need of transportation, reduced pollution, user friendly, and secured city.

 :  

         , , , , ,     .           .      ,             .     .          .       ,         .                 .     .        .           .

    ?    ,    ,    ,   ,     ,        ,         ,         , 'U'          ,     ,     .                      .   ,  ,           .     .                 .         .           .

          .        .

     .    2   2     .                    .

   (First Floor)    .          (  )  .

           .

           .

      .

           .

  , , , ,         .

        .    . ,       .       .      .

      .       .       .          .    .        .

     .        .      .

  () 99   .

     .

    ()      .

    ()     .

    ()                       (100 ..)   .

       .

  ()  20   .

    .

        .

    3  .    .

 6            f .

            .   ,  ,   .

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