Mumbai: Eligibility of slum dwellers, known as a complex and tedious process, will henceforth be automated, thanks to a decision by the state government.
About The Decision
The determination of the eligibility of slum dwellers is an important step before deciding on the slum rehabilitation project where the owner of the slum gets a free housing unit as per the state government policy. The additional collectors for the city, eastern suburbs, and western suburbs officiated as the competent authorities to issue Annexure II – after thorough verification of the documents of the slum dwellers. Before issuing Annexure II, the competent authority surveys the slums.
It checks various documents such as the electricity bill, voter card issued by the Election Commission of India, sale deed of the slum if the previous occupant has sold it, Aadhar card, and gumasta license issued by the civic body. The process of verifying documents has been time-consuming and can be manipulated, says the order (GR) issued by the state housing department.
In an effort to speed up the time-consuming process process, the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) took the help of GIS mapping for the biometric survey of the slum dwellers. With its help, the SRA has made the process of verification of documents for Annexure II automated. Approving the automated Annexure II process, the state government has directed the SRA, MHADA, MMRDA, and the BMC to use the automated process to issue Annexure II.
While issuing the directions the state has warned the concerned officers of disciplinary action for any failure in using the process. If any competent officer issues Annexure II with the existing manual process he will face a pay cut equal to the expenditure of the old process, the state has warned.
