SLUM DISTRIBUTION: CASE STUDY OF DEHRADUN CITY

Slum is one of the characters in our urban system. They are more vulnerable section of our society in all kinds of disaster - flood, heat wave, etc. The slum population is already crossed 65.5 million (22.5 percent) that distributed in 2613 towns/cities in India as per census, 2011. In this context, slum distribution scenario has been conducted in Dehradun city, India. It is the capital city of Uttarakhand state located in the foothill of Himalaya with a population of approximately 578420 (census 2011). The aim of this study for slum distribution in wards wise within Dehradun city to draw a lesson to understand the scenario of services facilities in the selected wards – ward number 14, 20, 35 and 36. The objectives are – (1). to study the slum distribution in Dehradun city through mapping, (2) to study the slum households shared in ward wise in the administrative boundary of Dehradun city and, (3) to study the comparative scenario of services sectors such as water supply, drainage, and solid waste management. The methodology has adopted based on the secondary data available to public domain and field investigation and observation.