Jiribam Municipal Council

URBAN POOR PROFILE

1. Slum Profile 

Manipur has no slum population according to 2001 Census of India. According to NSSO, ‘undeclared slums’ were defined as if 20 households live in a compact area with a collection of poorly  built  tenements,  mostly  of  temporary  nature,  crowded  together usually  with  inadequate sanitary and drinking water facilities in hygienic condition. 

2. Overview of Urban poor in Jiribam Town 

The Urban poor (BPL families) are scattered in the different localities of the town. These are identified by poor housing and infrastructure conditions. The BPL families are having land but could not construct their own houses and so they are living in poor & pathetic housing condition. Many of the families are also not having proper toilet and bathroom. The Urban poor do not have proper access to infrastructure facilities. Some of the Urban poor areas are shown in the following pictures.

 As per socio-economic survey conducted by the Jiribam Municipal Council in 2006 of the whole town, average number of persons per family is 5.16.. Of the occupation found among the Urban poor, 41.46% consist of Primary , 56.09% consist of Secondary and 2.43% consist of Tertiary. Average income is Rs 2794/month  and Rs 93/day. As per the record maintained by the Jiribam Municipal Council, there are 597 household below poverty line (BPL+AAY). Hence, the present scheme aims at upliftment of the housing condition of the   stated below poverty line. Ward wise breakup of the BPL families is shown below:

There are as many as 706 numbers of houses which need to be constructed new in the Town, out of which 597 number of houses belong to BPL and AAY families. The condition of some of these houses may be seen from the following pictures.

 3.2    Water Supply 

There are as many as 255 households are still depending on stream/natural water  source for their water supply and the existing storage tank for these water points are in dilapidated condition as shown in the pictures below.

 Households/Population by Sources of Water Supply (2006) Jiribam