Slum Free by 2022 ? Forget
it !
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Hindustan Times ( 12 July ) carries following news
report :
“ Miles to go before govt can make city
slum-free by 2022 “
HIGHLIGHTS :
Target for making Mumbai slum
free………………………… 2022
No of slums under BMC
jurisdiction………………………………. 7 Lakh
Slums surveyed in past 2
years………………………………….. 20 %
Area to be
covered………………………………………………………… 3307 hectares
Slum clusters surveyed so
far……………………………………… 363 ( 1.42 L hutments )
Re-development of clusters to start
after complete survey
Bio-metric details of residents being
compiled to record the eligibility of all slum dwellers for FREE HOUSING under the SRA scheme
Why such a SLOW
PROGRESS ( which may take another 10
years to complete ? )
Govt lacks the staff to conduct
slum-to-slum survey
Slum dwellers are reluctant for
Bio-metric ID
Slum dwellers just don’t believe
anything will ever come out of this exercise
What is the SOLUTION
?
Some 50
km from Mumbai , FIRST build a
Satellite City with enough 300 sq ft flats
( to be given FREE ) to accommodate the 7 lakh slum dwellers
In the same city , also offer plots ( FREE ) , to businesses / industries , in
strict proportion to the “ No of Jobs “
they will offer to the slum dwellers that get shifted ( without jobs nearby ,
no slum dweller will ever shift out from present location / nor can he be
expected to daily commute 50 km for a
job ! )
Availability / allotment of FREE plots ( - and , may be ELECTRIC POWER ? ) , will attract businesses to move out of crowded
Mumbai ( where Salaries / Wages are sky-rocketing ) . Such migration of
businesses / industries , will lessen the burden on Mumbai’s infrastructure
Salaries / Wages of 5 years ( for the numbers of jobs promised to
be created by the enterprise wanting those FREE
plots ) , must be deposited in advance by the allotted , with the State
Government
Govt to transfer monthly salaries /
wages ( through DBT ) into the bank accounts ( linked with Aadhaar ID ) of the
appointees , after appropriate safeguards
This will ensure availability of JOBS to the slum dwellers , BEFORE they move to the new city , eliminating
the biggest resistance to shifting !
Can this be ACHIEVED
?
Yes , if we have the political will like
that of the China – and , of course the resources !
Look at the following report :
{ 10 April 2017 }
Beijing is one of the most crowded cities
in the world—home to 24.9 million people
in the metro areas. It's also one of the smoggiest, with some of the worst air
quality in the world. In an
effort to combat the city’s rapid growth (an average of 600,000 residents per year flocked
to the city between 2000 and 2013) and the traffic congestion and pollution
associated with it, China plans to build an entirely new city to take the
pressure off its capital, Curbed reports.
The Chinese
government recently announced a regional economic project called the Xiongan
New Area, which will be a new metropolis built about 60 miles south of
Beijing.
According to China Daily,
Beijing will remain the functional capital of China, but the new city will take over some of the general economic
functions that have so far been concentrated within Beijing.
The idea is that some of Beijing’s industry and business will move to
Xiongan, and with it, some of its
population.
With jobs no longer
concentrated so densely in Beijing, people will
be able to live closer to their work, giving them more transportation options
and cutting down on air pollution.
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Dear Shri Venkaiah Naiduji / Shri Fadnavisji
:
Knowing that China consumes nearly 50 % of entire World’s consumption of STEEL and CEMENT
, is not going to help ! But improving upon China’s pragmatic planning , will !
17 July 2017
www.hemenparekh.in
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