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Lighting and lived in slums and the numbers are
only increasing with each passing
day. According to reports, about 6%
Ventilation of the total land holds nearly 60% of
Mumbai’s entire population. Due to
economic reasons, the slum dwellers
Issues in SRA are compelled to live in unhealthy
and unsustainable conditions.
To overcome this crisis, in 1995,
Buildings Slum Rehabilitation Authority

(SRA) schemes were launched by
the government of Maharashtra
to facilitate slum rehabilitation
tenements, which were provided
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bring to focus the merits and demerits of Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) objective of the government to
schemes in Mumbai. Are the living conditions in SRA buildings suitable for rehabilitate the slum dwellers was
the rehabilitated communities? Are these buildings equipped with adequate successfully achieved through
daylighting and cross-ventilation facilities? These are some of the pertinent these schemes. Eventually, the
questions that the authors ask and find answers to in this timely piece. SRA formulated and implemented
similar schemes. Though these
Ar. Ankur Kulkarni is Principal Consultant
at Kaizen Design Solutions with several Ar. Niranjhan Dakshanamoorthy
years of experience in sustainable building has been working in the industry
design principles and high-performance since 2017 and has focused his
building design. Working in the field since energies into project building
2008, his focus area has been green facilitation. He has a Master’s
buildings. He holds a Master’s degree in degree in Sustainable Architecture.
Sustainable Architecture from Bharati
Vidyapeeth University, India.

umbai, the capital of for the marginal and below poverty schemes achieved the objective of
Maharashtra, is one of line population. As per the official providing basic housing facilities to
Mthe largest metropolitan survey conducted by Mumbai the poor, the settlements developed
cities with many slums in varying Municipal Corporation in 1956, 8% for such schemes failed to improve
sizes. Every year, millions of rupees of the total population was living in the quality of life in the provided
are spent on the resettlement and slums. According to Census 2011, the shelters. Most of the SRA buildings
rehabilitation of slums to make population of the city was 1.24 crore. had inadequate daylighting and
Mumbai a sustainable living place Out of this, 41.85% of the population poor natural ventilation. A survey