* About 49% of the total population of Delhi lives in about 860 JJ clusters and slum areas. * There are about 20,000 jhuggies and according to a rough estimate about 5-6 persons stay in each jhuggi. * Delhi will be home for more than 8 million poor staying in slums and informal semi-urban settlements by 2020. It will constitute about 40% of the projected population. * Roughly only 25% of the population lives in planned areas. * 22 slums/Jhuggi bastis were destroyed to raise the commonwealth village for the corruption ridden CWG, 2010. * A mere 20% of the population was relocated in Bawana, which is a deserted field with no public utility services in the periphery of Delhi. * Rest 80% of the population of the 22 slums was left to fend for themselves in the streets. Problems in JJ Clusters * Jhuggi bastis face major problem of toilet and sanitation. In most of the jhuggis, people still have to defecate in the open. Women being the worst sufferers. * Only 4% of the public urinals/toilets in Delhi have facilities for women. * According to the Centre for Civil Society, there are only 132 public toilets for women in Delhi. In Jhuggi bastis, the number reduces further. * This throws women at great risk, as evidenced from the several incidents of crime against women reported from the city in the past. * In addition to safety risks, the lack of toilets also creates health hazards in these localities.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 03:08:39 +0000
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