16/10/2015
Dehradun Slum:
The increasing population growth, unplanned urbanization, industrialization and migration of villagers to cities due to poverty create the problem of squatter settlements. The concept and conditions of the slums have the basic characteristics such as-improper housing structures, acute over-crowding, scarcity of safe drinking water, water logging during rains, absence of sanitation facilities and non-availability of other basic civic services such as education, health and employment.
Slums are often located on land near drains, dumping grounds, roadsides or railway lines making them prone to a number of vulnerabilities like displacement, disease prone or accidents. Slums located adjacent to large open drains and it has a greater incidence of diarrhea and other water-borne diseases. Slums with inadequate housing are more Locating the Livelihood Problems for the Promotion of Sustainable Life in Slums of Dehradun, likely to have worse health indicators. Improper housing in terms of lack of ventilation, overcrowding, lack of cleanliness, dampness leads to faster spread of many communicable diseases like measles and tuberculosis.
A recent survey has explored the information related to housing condition, water supply, electricity, primary schools, employment, and health services are still not improved.
