Community Participation in Karikalan (India) Street Slum - Third Expert Meeting of the Regional Slum Upgrading Working Group (RSUWG) - 29th. of November to the 1st. of December 2015 in Laleh International Hotel, Tehran, I.R. of Iran

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Among 33 slums which have been identified as
most vulnerable slums in Trichy, the TNSCB
selected Karikalan Street for slum redevelopment
as a pilot project for construction of 305 DUs with
allied infrastructures. The slum of Karikalan Street
Nadukondayam Pettai, taken up for in-situ
upgradation, comes under Srirangam zone, ward
no. 6, and block no. 32 of Trichy city. The north
east part of the slum lies in-between major river
bank of Cauvery and Kollidam and located near the
major transport line of NH-45 (Trunk Road – Trichy
–Chennai). These people, migrated from different
places, settled down for their livelihood activities
more than 100 years back and have been working
as agricultural/ construction labourers generation
by generation.
The slum was not notified despite having basic
amenities, concentration of BPL families, and every
household (HH) owning tenurial rights for the land
issued by TN Govt. During the participatory
planning, the involvements of the slum dwellers
were noteworthy in decision making.
(a) Up-gradation / Redevelopment /Relocation of
slums to acceptable living conditions; and
(b) Preventive or pre-emptive action to create
affordable housing and urban services over time.
Micro-planning of slums with community
participation for prioritized slums, Community
organization such as Self Help Groups, Slum
Dwellers Associations, Thrift and Credit Societies
etc. should be formed at the time of project
preparation;
Projects with strong community participation i.e.
Slum up-grading/ re-development projects
initiated/led by the community;
Well-coordinated effort by TNSCB to engage
multiple stakeholders for faster and robust DPR
formulation;
Effective role of community in decision making-
Need identification, selection of beneficiary and
housing model/design
Intensive community participation resulted in
contribution of labour in construction of houses
maintaining quality and faster construction;
Engagement of local engineering college for
continuous testing and quality management.
305 Dalit-families in Katcha houses have ensured
pucca houses
Based on the individual land tenure /considering
space management three type designs have been
followed in the construction process
As an immediate outcome of the community
participation, majority of the beneficiaries
volunteered in Construction activities (Sharing
labour) without any wages. This truly ensured
quality construction since community was directly
involved in activity.
For the preparation of DPR participatory planning
mechanism was adopted where involvements of
the slum dwellers were noteworthy in decision
making. Sustained meaningful community
participation was ensured by capitalising existing
community structure. SHG structure was used in
this project who played instrumental role in
decision making. The TNSCB facilitated the
community meetings with the Consultants of the
Technical agency NITTTR, to exhibit/read out the
slum survey reports to the community for
validation.
In addition, several meetings were conducted by
TNSCB with ward councillor, slum representatives
and women SHGs to understand the housing and
infrastructure requirements to be addressed in the
DPR. The TNSCB engaged a nearby
technical/engineering institution as stakeholders to
ensure quality in construction.
In this case, the beneficiaries list was finalised by
the community in a public meeting. Further,
detailed housing models and plans were displayed
before community for opinion and suggestion. The
community decided three types of models as per
their preference. Various staircase designs for
space management was also shared and decided
by the community. Similarly, the requirements of
community infrastructure such as parks etc. were
also discussed and finalized by the community.
The Tamil Nadu Slum Clearance Board (TNSCB) implementation
unit of Trichy and the slum dwellers/ dalit families residing in the
Karikalan Street of Trichy are the prime stakeholders of the
project. Others are- Community leaders, SHG groups,
Councillors/ Corporators, Technical College;
The slum Karikalan Street has taken up as a model/ pilot project
under in-situ slum redevelopment aimed to ensure pucca houses
and the requisite infrastructures for the 305 dalit families.
Capacity constraints of the beneficiaries to pay about Rs,
50,000-/in a single instalment as beneficries contribution. It
has been addressed by TNSCB project implementation unit
by collecting the beneficiary’s contribution in monthly
instalments.
Community consent on land sharing; Engaging local engineering institute
as a stakeholder to ensure quality; Community led construction/
monitoring and sharing of labour to ensure quality of construction and
beneficiary satisfaction;
INDIA TRICHY TAMIL NADU Slum dwellers
Community Participation in Karikalan Street Slum