Slums are not 'problems' that have to be 'solved' but are indeed a result of lopsided and vested urban policies covering Infrastructure provision and socio-economic issues. Analyse.

Slums refer to the unplanned, unmanaged development of habitation - mostly belong to poor and underprivileged section of urban areas.

In India, on an average 30 to 30%/: of urban population lives in slums.

[Boxed text] Slums are 'problems' that have to be 'solved':

[Arrow] Slums are not problems of the urbanisation, as they are not developed as part of voluntarily, but out of compulsion. This can be understood from the reasons of their development.

1. Unplanned urbanisation → focus on industries, real estates without addressing the Social justice aspect.

2. Population explosion → large scale rural to urban migration without adequate housing facilities available.

3. [tap] Encroachment into various wetlands, agricultural lands by slums due to absence of adequate land for urban sprawl.

4. Lack of focus on satellite towns, and is, which could divert excess population from main city.

5. Poor urban mobility → congestion over roads, railway etc.

6. Lack of focus on sanitation hygiene in slums → it.

[eg] COVID spread in Dharavi, Mumbai

— Prajnanandan Giri · AIR 24