Pune Slum Redevelopment to Halt Covid
The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to redevelop slums in core city areas to decongest these locations and reduce the population density. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will execute the slum rehabilitation projects instead of giving them to private builders. The slum rehabilitation authority (SRA) will carry out the redevelopment of the slums at the same location. The PMC has around 25 SRA schemes across the city. “The slums are proving to be the epicentres of the outbreak in the city. Poor infrastructure and congestion, usage of common toilets are also reasons behind the increasing number of positive cases in these pockets,” PMC commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad said. PMC’s data shows that slums are an integral part of the city’s habitat. Over 40% of the citizens — nearly 11 lakh people — live in these slums.
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