tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213558499656386128.post4460103270338338809..comments2023-10-17T07:21:31.121-07:00Comments on City Renewal: Reflecting on Calcutta renewalHPPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15987976996491421255noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3213558499656386128.post-6198753529417298352011-01-23T10:55:34.974-08:002011-01-23T10:55:34.974-08:00Govt decision to grant tenure ship to individual s...Govt decision to grant tenure ship to individual slum families will be of no help in renewing the shanties, because the land covered by individual dwelling families are too meager and irregular to build a habitat of any standard. This initiative, will virtually promote in-fight between the adjoining dwellers for ownership right. The exploitation of the situation by govt. machinery can not also be ruled out. Contrarily, if the land tenure ship could be given to registered societies formed by the slum dwellers, collective housing could come-up. Apart from realizing habitable tenements, the matter could indirectly or directly ensure the followings:<br />1. Bottom-up approach of planning.<br />2. Checking pricing out of weaker section of the dwellers.Expectedly, co-owners of the property will be legally empowered to prevent it in their own interest.<br />3. Opening-up of some land or building some more space, which can be leased out to middle income group people in lieu of consideration. The capital or rent so realized might be recycled for cross subsidization of the cost of construction on the part of the dweller families.<br />4. Role of Civil Society organisation could have been building capacity of the slum dwellers to manage the slum organisations and implementation of the projects.<br />5. Role of govt. could have been that of facilitator for enactment, fund mobilization and infrastructure support.HMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07240876619339380135noreply@blogger.com