UNAUTHORISED AND ILLEGAL COLONIES IN INDIA
With rapid growth in population and urbanization, housing demand has always been higher than the supply. Hence, it cannot be denied that cities lack affordable planned housing stock and supporting infrastructure.
Let us take the case of Delhi. The story of this city is no different. Nearly 30% of Delhi’s population live in areas designated by the government as unauthorised colonies.
Such colonies are structures built in contravention of zoning regulations and land use patterns.
Unauthorized colonies come under Unplanned Housing System where sub-system where settlers have a semi-legal title but sub-division of land into plots happened with or without compliance of planning norms, zonal regulations, building bye laws and without the approval of competent authority.
Gautam Bhan describes UCs as home to educated elite families. This diverse population is matched by a heterogeneous built environment: shanties stand beside tiled bungalows.
Slums can be an excellent example of such an unauthorized colony.
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