1. Timber Layout, Satellite Bus Stand, Mysore Road
The ‘ultra-poor’ slum with a good sanitation profile
General Description:
Set opposite the Satellite Bus Stand on the Mysore Road, the Timber layout slum had
been described as an ‘ultra poor’ slum but the slum was quite different from what we
expected. It is divided into two parts, one is ‘pucca’ houses that have been built under a
government scheme where by spending about Rs. 25000 a house with a room, kitchen
and latrine can be built alongwith a small courtyard. The other part is a JJ settlement. Most
people have been there in the settlement for over 15 years.
Sanitation Situation:
Is quite good as it seems that nobody defecates in the open, and that could be
corroborated as there did not seem to be any open spaces nearby. Everyone who has
been able to build a ‘pucca’ house has a private latrine and those that live in the JJ use
either the Sulabh toilet that has been built for this particular settlement or the toilet in the
bus stand. At the Sulabh toilet men pay Rs. 3 and women pay Rs. 3. The toilet at the bus
stand costs the same, if not more
Bathing at a public toilet can be expensive so most people in the JJ houses have made
make-shift bathrooms
Top Reasons to Choose This Location/Unique Aspects:
1. Investigate conditions and reasons of how people in the slum are able to afford the daily
fee of the toilet for the entire family