The Tamil Nadu Slum-Clearance Board is making strong progress in the creation of new tenements for slum dwellers in Chennai, with 14,000 such tenements scheduled to come up for allotment in March 2013 according to this recent news report . The effort now is to ensure that these tenements are possessed of all basic amenities such as electricity, water, sanitation, as well as commensurate transport facilities, ration shops, primary health centres, anganwadis, and schools.
This follows on from a problem faced by persons availing of similar accommodation constructed under the aegis of the previous DMK government, wherein a lack of basic infrastructural facilities such as adequate water supply and sanitation was noted, as reported here.
The role of slum-clearance boards is something that is deserving of closer scrutiny, and is also a fit case for comparative analysis, both quantitative as well as qualitative, of different States' performance. In the specific case of Tamil Nadu, this piece in the Economic and Political Weekly throws interesting light on the influence of political and other considerations, specifically the intervention of the World Bank, in the formation of policy for the Slum-Clearance Board.
One qualitative analysis of slum-resettlements carried out on the Yamuna bank in Delhi may be found in this piece, again in the Economic and Political Weekly. Clearly, some States and Governments have better records than others in dealing with this crucially important facet of Governance. Understanding the causalities and mechanisms that lead to such differing results is something that seems to beg a closer enquiry, and that is something we will hopefully be able to provide on this blog.
This follows on from a problem faced by persons availing of similar accommodation constructed under the aegis of the previous DMK government, wherein a lack of basic infrastructural facilities such as adequate water supply and sanitation was noted, as reported here.
The role of slum-clearance boards is something that is deserving of closer scrutiny, and is also a fit case for comparative analysis, both quantitative as well as qualitative, of different States' performance. In the specific case of Tamil Nadu, this piece in the Economic and Political Weekly throws interesting light on the influence of political and other considerations, specifically the intervention of the World Bank, in the formation of policy for the Slum-Clearance Board.
One qualitative analysis of slum-resettlements carried out on the Yamuna bank in Delhi may be found in this piece, again in the Economic and Political Weekly. Clearly, some States and Governments have better records than others in dealing with this crucially important facet of Governance. Understanding the causalities and mechanisms that lead to such differing results is something that seems to beg a closer enquiry, and that is something we will hopefully be able to provide on this blog.
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