resettlement areas are distressing. unsustainably high
density achieved through intolerably low housing
standards in unacceptably poor locations/sites, all
not only illegal in terms of DMP but also specifically
cautioned against in it. (same also make most in-situ
options non-viable). slums-n-sanitation discourse is
designed to divert attention from causes to symptoms,
risky with master plan and byelaw revisions underway
through very curious processes. ...btw, affidavit on
holambi for the pushta SLP that was not heard is quite
telling. and am posting this to lists, for equitable
distress.
--- nidhi@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Gita,
>
> I recently viisted the Bawana REsettlement COlony.
> And what I saw
> there was unbelievable. People are living in
> pathetic conditions. All of
> then are living in jhuggies made of mats and plastic
> sheets. They are
> not constructing proper houses as govt is supposed
> to carry put a
> survey. There is no ration supply and they have all
> lost their
> employment. Drinking water (borewell) is
> contaminated and almost all
> the children are falling ill. Every day 3-4 new
> cases of diarrhoea come
> up. Chlorea and jaundice is also spreading. People
> blame it on the
> poor water quality. Some of them now walk 2 kms to
> get water from
> bawana vilage after fighting with thakurs there..
> public toilets have
> been constructed.. they charge Rs 2 for bathing and
> Re 1 for toilet
> facility.. since most children have upset stomach,
> parents cannot pay
> everytime the child wants to use toilet.
>
> the worst is the sanitation conditions there..
> drains are an engineering
> disaster.. they are higher than the ground level and
> clogged with
> waste.. mosquitoes are breeding in it and malaria is
> spreading. in
> monsoon all the sewage will flow into the colonies.
> people there are
> extremely angry.. shiela dikshit came and made lots
> of promises but no
> action has been taken.. ther are about 10,000
> families in bawana.. they
> are from yamuna pushta and rkpuram..
>
> i am writing about this in dte,, just thought i will
> keep u posted..
>
> regards
> nidhi
>
>
> Correspondent
> Down To Earth
> 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area
> New Delhi 110001
> India
> Tel: +91 11 29955124, 29956394, 29956401, 29956399
> Fax: +91 11 29955879
> www.downtoearth.org.in
> www.cseindia.org
>
>
>
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density achieved through intolerably low housing
standards in unacceptably poor locations/sites, all
not only illegal in terms of DMP but also specifically
cautioned against in it. (same also make most in-situ
options non-viable). slums-n-sanitation discourse is
designed to divert attention from causes to symptoms,
risky with master plan and byelaw revisions underway
through very curious processes. ...btw, affidavit on
holambi for the pushta SLP that was not heard is quite
telling. and am posting this to lists, for equitable
distress.
--- nidhi@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Gita,
>
> I recently viisted the Bawana REsettlement COlony.
> And what I saw
> there was unbelievable. People are living in
> pathetic conditions. All of
> then are living in jhuggies made of mats and plastic
> sheets. They are
> not constructing proper houses as govt is supposed
> to carry put a
> survey. There is no ration supply and they have all
> lost their
> employment. Drinking water (borewell) is
> contaminated and almost all
> the children are falling ill. Every day 3-4 new
> cases of diarrhoea come
> up. Chlorea and jaundice is also spreading. People
> blame it on the
> poor water quality. Some of them now walk 2 kms to
> get water from
> bawana vilage after fighting with thakurs there..
> public toilets have
> been constructed.. they charge Rs 2 for bathing and
> Re 1 for toilet
> facility.. since most children have upset stomach,
> parents cannot pay
> everytime the child wants to use toilet.
>
> the worst is the sanitation conditions there..
> drains are an engineering
> disaster.. they are higher than the ground level and
> clogged with
> waste.. mosquitoes are breeding in it and malaria is
> spreading. in
> monsoon all the sewage will flow into the colonies.
> people there are
> extremely angry.. shiela dikshit came and made lots
> of promises but no
> action has been taken.. ther are about 10,000
> families in bawana.. they
> are from yamuna pushta and rkpuram..
>
> i am writing about this in dte,, just thought i will
> keep u posted..
>
> regards
> nidhi
>
>
> Correspondent
> Down To Earth
> 41, Tughlakabad Institutional Area
> New Delhi 110001
> India
> Tel: +91 11 29955124, 29956394, 29956401, 29956399
> Fax: +91 11 29955879
> www.downtoearth.org.in
> www.cseindia.org
>
>
>
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