Uprooted Homes Uprooted Lives: A Study of the Impact of Involuntary Resettlement of a Slum Community in Mumbai

Author: Qudsiya Contractor, Neha Madhiwalla and Meena Gopal
Published:2006
Pages:267
ISBN:81-89042-43-2

This report has revealed the impact of involuntary resettlement of a slum community in Mumbai. This study attempts to capture the nuances of the social experience of resettlement and reflects on its consequences. The issues highlighted in this report pertaining to resettlement are health, education, water, employment and social life from a human rights perspective. Involuntary resettlement most certainly means the disruption of an entire way of life and clearly constitutes a humanitarian crisis. The experience clearly shows that resettlements in the manner in which it has been conducted, violates the basic rights of the people.Download full document

Uprooted Homes Uprooted Lives: Key Findings of a Study on the Impact of Involuntary Resettlement on a Slum Community in Mumbai , 2006, Pgs.38.

Author: Qudsiya Contractor, Neha Madhiwalla and Meena Gopal
Published:2006
Pages:Pgs.38
This report is a synopsis of key findings of the study on the impact of involuntary resettlement of a slum community in Mumbai. The key findings reveal the hardships that the community has to face due to its resettlement leading to several problems such as loss of employment, poor enrolment in educational institutes due to lack of schools, health disorders – physical and mental and difficulty in accessing public health facilities and impact on women. The findings show that those resettled have very little bargaining power to influence decisions in situations of urban relocation that violate their very rights to citizenship apart from the basic rights to shelter, livelihood, education, health care and a life of dignity.Download full document