Development of ten identified slums approved during Nabam Tuki 's leadership

With the SLSMC approval, nodal agency of RAY in the State, the department of Urban Development would go ahead with preparation of a DPR for submission to the Union Ministry for final approval and sanction.

The Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) aims to safeguard th

e economic future of cities by integrating the urban poor into economic mainstream, and providing decent shelter and services to all. Its basic objective is to develop slums into proper dwelling places with all basic amenities as well as prevent further creation of slums in urban areas through a two–pronged strategy – curative and preventive.

The Chief Minister observed that the ‘preventive’ aspect of the objective of RAY holds more significance than the ‘curative’ part, especially in context of the state capital Itanagar.

“Development of urban slums and their integration into the mainstream economy is alright but we must ensure that there is no further mushrooming of slums. Only when we can ensure this, we will be successfully implementing the ambitious project of UPA–II,” he said.

The Chief Minister also urged all – officials and politicians – to discourage encroachment of government premises as he felt that most of the slums come up in government land such as parks, industrial areas, official premises, etc or encroach into it.

Tuki advised the experts and the departmental officials to take into consideration all aspects of future development of the identified slums while preparing the DPR.

On his suggestion the SLSMC approved 10 slums falling under the ‘most vulnerable’ category from the 29 identified slums in Itanagar, Naharlagun and Nirjuli for development in the first phase. Of the 14 identified slums in Itanagar 5 would be taken up in the first phase, 4 from the 16 identified in Naharlagun and one from the 3 identified slums in Nirjuli.