A STUDY OF SLUMS AS PROBLEM FOR URBAN GROWTH OF NANDED CITY, MAHARASHRTA (INDIA)

Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ABSTRACT: In present paper we tried to study the slum settlement, slum population & land ownership of slums in the Nanded city. Slum dwellers live in the difficult social and economic conditions that manifest in different forms of deprivation – material, physical, social, and political in Nanded city. The slum area does not have even the essential facilities; for example, health care, water supply, roads, disposition of wastages, etc. In comparison with the south part of the city, the slums and the slum-dwellers are increasing in the north. Not only the slum dwellers but also the number of slums is increasing in the city. In 1971 total population of Nanded city were 126518 out of which Slum population were 20000 and in 2011 total population of city increases up to 719188 out of which Slum population is 279024. The slum population accounts 15.80 percent of the city population in 1971 whereas it increases up to 38.79 in 2011. This shows that rapid increase in slum population in Nanded city and it creates many social and economical problems in Nanded city