Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation-New Features

The Slum Networking Project (SNP), Ahmedabad is an innovative approach for the improvement of slums. The Slum Networking Project (SNP) brings basic infrastructure services, including water supply and sanitation, in an affordable and sustainable way to the slums. The project motivates and facilitates the target communities, local Non – Governmental Organizations and the private sector to work together in a unique partnership.

To improve the overall quality of life of the slum dwellers, Slum Networking Project was launched in 1995 by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), in partnership with two city based NGOs, corporate sector and slum residents. Sewa Bank also participated as a community finance institution. Two NGOs – Gujarat Mahila Housing Trust (MHT) and SAATH were involved in community mobilization, building of community, facilitating implementation and capacity building of community members for monitoring service delivery.

It is a comprehensive project for upgrading / providing infrastructure in the slums and integrating it with the city's infrastructure. Though the major emphasis is on physical infrastructure, it also focuses on environmental up-gradation, sanitation, health education and income generation. A Pilot project was successfully completed at Sanjaynagar in the year 1996 - 1997. The lessons learnt from this experience have been utilized in scaling up the project. In phase (1) from year 1997, implementation of infrastructure services were completed in 18 slums covering 3,843 households benefiting 19,215 people. Initially in phase (1), the implementation of infrastructure services was done by private contractors and the role of NGO’s was to motivate and mobilize the slum residents to participate in the SNP programme, formulating the Community Based Organizations and building their capacities, collecting the community contribution, providing need based health, education and income generation interventions. From phase (1), it was learnt that while contracting the works to private contractors, it took nearly 1 ½ to 2 years to complete one slum. Hence, in November 2003, NGO’s were invited by AMC for implementing the infrastructure services in the slums. Therefore, in phase (2), the role of NGO’s extended to planning, designing and implementing the infrastructure works with the guidance and assistance of SNP cell.

Physical Development: - This component involves the provision of essential basic infrastructure service.

Community Development: - Activities aim at supporting the implementation of the project and at further improving the quality of life form part of this component.

Linkages with the city level services:- Actions required to link the slum level intervention to the city as a whole so as to increase the effectiveness of these efforts are :

Supportive activities required to ensure professional management of the project and its effective implementation.

The project aimed at a partnership concept. So all the partners had to share the cost of the physical services and community development in the projections shown in the following table:

* Community Corpus (Rs. 100) per household will remain with the association (CBO) and they will use it for the minor maintenance work.

NGOs are contributing additional funds from their own resources besides contributing 30% amount for community development. In absence of private sector contribution for infrastructure development, the amount is borne by the AMC.

o Direct participation and ownership of efforts are to be ensured by sharing one third of the slum level physical development costs. The slum dwellers are to be made responsible for community level services and maintenance of these facilities, Neighborhood committees and special interest groups, like women and youth are to be formed with the assistance of NGOs. The community has to actively participate in the socio-economic programs and sustainability of the initiative and the partnership.

o The private sector company/Charitable Organization which becomes a partner in this process is expected to mobilize resources towards part cost (33%) of physical up-gradation of slum if they are ready.

As a major private sector, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has committed to support 500 households for the slum up-gradation project implemented by Mahila Housing SEWA Trust in a phased manner of which CII has contributed Rs. 2000 per household in Sadgurukrupanagar, Odhav (165 hh) and B-Colony, Ghodacamp (70 hh).

o The role of the partner NGO is initially to motivate and mobilize the slum dwellers to join the project and to facilitate community participation, formulating Community Based Organization and building their capacity, community resource mobilization, assist in health, education and income generation programs & planning, designing and implementing the infrastructure services with guidance and assistance of SNP cell.

o The AMC's main role is to facilitate all the activities and co-ordinate with all the agencies. Moreover, it will contribute 33% of the cost of physical development of slums, 70% of the cost of community development and 100% of the cost of individual toilet block and strengthening the infrastructure to link up the slum with the city level services. AMC will mobilize its own resources and also converge resources from other Central / State Government schemes such as Urban Community Development, Low Cost Sanitation, Urban Basic Services, Integrated Child Development Scheme and National Slum Development Programme (NSDP). It will be the AMC's responsibility to develop a comprehensive strategy for city level slum improvement and infrastructure needs. It will determine policies for land tenure and land prices, and implementation of 74th Amendment of constitution.

As of December 2005, 28 slum communities covering 4,868 households benefiting 24,340 people had been successfully upgraded. Implementation of infrastructure works ongoing in 13 slum communities covering 3,835 households benefiting 19,175 people.

The SNP programme as on December 2005, has reached 8,703 families, making a significant contribution in the lives of 43,515 people in 41 slum communities of Ahmedabad. As on December 2005, the community members have paid a total of INR 1,35,72,000 (US $3,01,600) to AMC as their contribution towards the services under SNP, something never done by slum dwellers anywhere else in India.

NURM is a mission for integrated development of urban infrastructure services with the assistance of the Central, State and Local bodies. The Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Mission is being set up with Rs 1 lakh crore outlay to cover 60 cities with a million-plus population in the next seven years. The emphasis is to provide basic services to the urban poor - housing, water supply, sanitation, slum improvement and enhance overall urban infrastructure.

Gujarat Mahila Housing SEWA Trust (MHT) and Saath carried out survey of the slums of Ahmedabad in year 2001 focusing on the basic infrastructure facilities and land ownership details which served as the basis for future planning.

Procedure ongoing within AMC for the provision of No Objection Certificate for the remaining 293 slums.

Survey Analysis of Physical Infrastructure services for the slums with No Objection Certificate

Mahila Housing SEWA Trust and SAATH assisted AMC to select 120 slums to be upgraded under NURM. AMC has planned to upgrade these slums in next 5 years (2005 – 2009).

Sr. No.	Name of slum	Zone	Ward	No. of houses
1	Bhairavtekri Na Chhapra	North	Asarva	13
2	Bapalal Modi Na Chhapara	North	Chamanpura	165
3	Mariumbibi Ni Chali	North	Chamanpura	100
4	Narayan Patel Ni Chali	North	Chamanpura	75
5	Patninagar Na Chhapra	North	Chamanpura	50
6	Gopalnagar	North	Kubernagar	200
7	New Yogeshwarnagar	North	Meghaninagar	200
8	Abadnagar	North	Naroda	175
9	Ambikanagar	North	Naroda	200
10	Gopalnagar	North	Naroda	200
11	Indiranagar Na Zhupada	North	Naroda	200
12	Kabirnagar	North	Naroda	600
13	Kamdarnagar (Bhaiya Chali)	North	Naroda	600
14	Mahajanyawas (Charanagar)	North	Naroda	110
15	Prabhu Sewa Sangh	North	Naroda	45
16	Rajivnagar	North	Naroda	300
17	Sanjaynagar Na Chhapara	North	Naroda	300
18	Santoshinagar	North	Naroda	800
19	Subhashnagar	North	Naroda	900
20	Radharaman Ni Chali	North	Saraspur	150
21	Navo Thakor Vas	North	Sejpura	150
22	Vasantnagar	North	Thakkarbapanagar	700
23	Apananagar	South	Behrampura	100
24	Ashram Na Chhapra	South	Behrampura	40
25	Babunagar Na Chhapara	South	Behrampura	152
26	Chagganbhai Na Chhapra	South	Behrampura	100
27	Choriyasi Ni Chali	South	Behrampura	50
28	Dudhvala Ni Chali	South	Behrampura	150
29	Dasharat Kaka Ni Chali	South	Danilimda	100
30	Chauhanvas Na Chhapra	South	Hathijan	250
31	Satadharnagar	South	Isanpur	600
32	Munshi Ni Chali	South	Jamalpur	40
33	Kantodiyavas	South	Kankaria	75
34	Pathan Ni Chali	South	Kankaria	45
35	Vedmandir Ni Chali	South	Kankaria	145
36	Pardhivas	South	Majurgam	50
37	Gangadin Khutar Na Chhapra	South	Maninagar	25
38	Bhilwas Na Chhapra	South	Narol	100
39	Chamundanagar	South	Narol	300
40	Dayajinagar	South	Narol	175
41	Talavadi Na Chhapra	South	Narol	300
42	Vaghrivas Na Zhupada	South	Narol	400
43	Ambikanagar	East	Amraiwadi	400
44	Gulabnagar	East	Amraiwadi	100
45	Shankarlal Ni Chali	East	Amraiwadi	35
46	Yogeshwarnagar Na Chhapra	East	Amraiwadi	300
47	Shivnagar	East	Bhaipura	250
48	Vimalnagar	East	Bhaipura	300
49	Bhogilal Ni Chali	East	Gomtipur	35
50	Gangaram Kumbhar Ni Chali	East	Gomtipur	45
51	Kamuben Na Chhapara	East	Gomtipur	150
52	Maganlal Jagjivan Ni Chali	East	Gomtipur	157
53	Vikram Mill Ni Chali	East	Gomtipur	65
54	Jai Arunanagar	East	Hatkeshwar	200
55	Jyotika Park	East	Hatkeshwar	100
56	Maheshwari Ni Chali	East	Hatkeshwar	78
57	Padmavati Park	East	Hatkeshwar	100
58	Shaktinagar	East	Hatkeshwar	300
59	Sohamnagar	East	Hatkeshwar	200
60	Yadavnagar	East	Hatkeshwar	150
61	Amannagar	East	Khokhara	50
62	Artinagar	East	Khokhara	100
63	Lalumaster Ni Chali	East	Khokhara	157
64	Shivnagar	East	Maninagar	400
65	Khethvanzhara Ni Chali	East	Nikol	175
66	Madan Seth Ni Chali	East	Nikol	75
67	Motivanzhara Ni Chali	East	Nikol	75
68	Prabhatbhai Ni Chali	East	Nikol	50
69	Bhavaninagar No Tekro	East	Odhav	150
70	Chamundanagar	East	Odhav	200
71	Indiranagar Plot – 2	East	Odhav	150
72	Khethvanzhara Na Chhapra	East	Odhav	200
73	Momainnagar	East	Odhav	150
74	Saranyawas	East	Odhav	275
75	Akbarnagar	East	Rakhiyal	200
76	Amrutbhai Ni Chali	East	Thakkarbapanagar	150
77	Dalvadi Chotalal Ni Chali	East	Viratnagar	34
78	Abhuji Kuwa Na Chhapra	West	Ambavadi	117
79	Bhilwas Na Chhapra	West	Ambavadi	80
80	Lalji Ni Chali	West	Ambavadi	45
81	Ganjshahied No Tekro	West	Behrampura	1000
82	Bhadreshwar Na Chhapra	West	Hansol	700
83	Saranyawas	West	Hansol	500
84	Baliyadev Ni Chali	West	Juna Vadaj	128
85	Bhanjibhai Pitha Ni Chali	West	Juna Vadaj	259
86	Gopalnagar	West	Memnagar	150
87	Mohannagar	West	Memnagar	60
88	Chamundanagar - 2	West	Naranpura	107
89	Nat Na Chhapra	West	Naranpura	150
90	Babulal Rabari Ni Chali	West	Sabarmati	100
91	Bhaktinagar	West	Sabarmati	100
92	Bhilwas Na Chhapra	West	Sabarmati	200
93	Ganeshpura Na Chhapra	West	Sabarmati	100
94	Gangeshwar Mahadev Na Chhapra	West	Sabarmati	80
95	Harekrushnanagar	West	Sabarmati	250
96	Harjivan Ni Chali	West	Sabarmati	50
97	J. P. Ni Chali	West	Sabarmati	150
98	Kadiya Ni Chali	West	Sabarmati	75
99	Kailashnagar	West	Sabarmati	112
100	Kanaiyalal Ni Chali	West	Sabarmati	85
101	Madrasi Ni Chali	West	Sabarmati	67
102	Mevaram Na Chhapra	West	Sabarmati	50
103	Rabari Na Chhapra	West	Sabarmati	100
104	Ramjharukha	West	Sabarmati	100
105	Ramjibhai Ni Chali	West	Sabarmati	80
106	Tapovan Bhilwas Sardarji Na Zupada	West	Sabarmati	100
107	Veljibhai Becharbhai Ni Chali	West	Sabarmati	80
108	Chandrabhaga Bridge Na Chhapra	West	Vadaj	500
109	Jayanagar	West	Vadaj	105
110	Mochiwas (Rohitdasnagar)	West	Vadaj	100
111	Shivamnagar	West	Vadaj	147
112	Desaiwas	West	Vasna	108
113	Rajivnagar – 1	West	Vasna	527
114	Rajivnagar – 2	West	Vasna	377
115	Rajivnagar – 3	West