Slum areas in Surat reduced from 20.87% to 5.99% in 10 years
May 16, 2022
Surat: Surat city is on its way to becoming a slum free city. Thanks to the efforts of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), the slum areas in 2021 account for only 5.99% of the total area compared to 20.87% in 2011.
Under the various schemes of the government, the SMC has begun developing proper houses which were earlier designated as slum areas and has built 93,020 houses till 2021.
The plans are afoot to conduct a draw for another 10,000 houses in the coming days. Currently, there are 341 slum areas in Surat city, which have a total of 75,456 slum dwellings. DeshGujarat
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