Slum Demolitions and Cutoff Dates

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Slum Demolitions and Cutoff Dates

Contributed by Dave Ron

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Dave Ron

Length: 3:26

License: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd)

Year of Production: 2009

The issue of cutoff dates, and regularization of tenements, is a highly contentious one as it relates to slum development and demolition in Mumbai. Here, Amrita Goswami, a Mumbai-based housing rights activist, presents a brief primer on the topic at an INHAF symposium.

INHAF, otherwise known as 'Habitat Forum', describes itself as "an all-India platform to facilitate and promote information exchange, experience sharing, lateral learning and joint action among non-governmental organisations (NGOs), civic groups, building and development professionals, professional training institutions and students concerned with and working in the human settlements field".