India's Slum Population to Cross 100 million Mark by 2017

Bangalore: India, a country with over 1 billion population, is now economically moving at a remarkable pace. But, development in the country always tags along with facets of its merit and demerits. For instance, with development, more developed urban areas and cities that are accessible to all the modern amenities tend to come up and the slum population also increases. It is believed that most probably the slum population will cross over 100 million by the year 2017 from the estimated 75.2 million in 2001, reports Dipak Kumar Dash for Times of India.

The rise in slum will impose numerous challenges before urban planners as most of the slums will flourish in places such as sleepy towns and semi-rural areas. According to the data presented in Parliament, states like Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh will be home to the largest chunks of slum population in India. Maharashtra might emerge as the slum capital of India with an estimated slum population of 2, 05, 57, 046 by 2017.

According to the 2010 Pranab Sen Committee report, the union government gave a projection of the slum population to Nashik MP Sameer Bhujbal, who questioned the government in the parliament.

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