Madurai Slums Keel Madurai 2009

WELCOME

PRESENTATION ON SLUM VISITKeel(East) Madurai

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We neglect our cities at our peril, in neglecting them, we neglect the nation.

-John .F.Kennedy

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Presentation by Saravanan…

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Group Members 1.Veerathirumagan 2.Muniyandi3.Raja4.UshaPriya5.Muthumari6.Pandi7.Sridhar8.Vairamani9.Rubert

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What is a slum…?

• Urbanization poses several socio-economic and environmental problems for cities in India

and one among them is the rise of slums. A slum represents a habitat unit with defective

physical, social, and economic living conditions

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• MYTH: Relocating slum residents to housing projects on the outskirts of the city solves the slum “problem.”

                  • REALITY: Resettling slum residents

far from their original homes and job opportunities is not usually viable. The economic and social disruption costs

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Slum Relocation

• "Water and Sanitation is one of the primary drivers of public health. I often refer to it as “Health 101”, which means that once we can secure access to clean water and to adequate sanitation facilities for all people, irrespective of the difference in their living conditions, a huge battle against all kinds of diseases will be won."

Dr LEE Jong-Wook, Director-General,

World Health Organization.

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About Keel Madurai…• Keel Madurai is located near kamarajar Salai• It is one of the smallest slum in Madurai.• Consists of 83 families

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Education…• The children in the slum study in the near by Corporation school.• Mostly they don’t go for higher education because of financial

constraints.• Awareness on education is very low.

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Employment…• Generally men work as coolie on temporary

basis.• Women work as domestic maids to support

their family financially.

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Health status…• No visible health hazard or malnutrition.• But due to their low income and living

conditions there are chances of unbalanced diet, which may lead to malnutrition and associated diseases.

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Sanitation…• No separate toilet facility.• Corporation has constructed a common toilet.• But it is not used properly.• People themselves have constructed a toilet for

them.

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Water Facilities…• Only non drinkable water is available• Access to purified water is less.

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Major disadvantages in a Slumo In addition to their primarily informal-sector incomes, the residents of these settlements

suffer from multiple disadvantages:o public services are inadequate, o access to health care, education and socio-

political decision-making processes is limited o and the protection of public security is seldom

guaranteed by public authorities.

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Streets in the Slum…

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For a long time, the neglect, eviction or forced resettlement of informal settlers

was the only response of developing countries to the continuing urbanization

process.

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There is now an international consensus that comprehensive improvement of the living conditions in informal settlements (slum upgrading) is necessary in order to create conditions for long-term poverty

reduction and to gradually raise the quality of life in poor neighborhoods.

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“We shall not finally defeat AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria or any of the other infectious diseases that plague the developing world until we have also won the battle for safe drinking water, sanitation and basic health care.”

Kofi Annan,Former United Nations Secretary-General

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Thank you

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