| Need for Planned City : National DATA on
Slums
|
List of Some Slums and Squatter Settlements (with No. of
Household, Total Population, Area and Ward Number in Dhaka City |
| Sl. |
Name and
Address of the Slums |
No. of
Household |
Total
Population |
Area |
Ward |
| No. |
|
|
|
acre |
Number |
| 01 |
Kur mitola Bustee,
Section-12, Pallobi |
750 |
3850 |
8.33 |
02 |
| 02 |
Kallayanpur
Pora Bustee |
1402 |
7300 |
2.91 |
11 |
| 03 |
Vasantek 4, Dhaka
Cantonment |
1200 |
5000 |
15.00 |
15 |
| 04 |
Korail Bustee
(North Side of Gulshan Lake) |
7000 |
31000 |
12.00 |
19 |
| 05 |
WASW Plot Bustee,
Rd No.5 5, Plot No.1 2 |
300 |
3000 |
2.66 |
19 |
| 06 |
Kamlapur Railway
Barak Bustee |
450 |
2200 |
1.50 |
31 |
| 07 |
Khilgaon Bagicha
Bustee |
230 |
1150 |
1.50 |
34 |
| 08 |
Agargaon Radio
Office (North Side) |
5500 |
30250 |
64.50 |
41 |
| 09 |
Geneva Camp |
7500 |
41250 |
9.88 |
47 |
| 10 |
Bacila Bustee,
Mohammadpur |
920 |
8740 |
42.20 |
47 |
| 11 |
Benband Bustee,
Benband, Dhanmondi |
300 |
1500 |
5.00 |
48 |
| 12 |
North Side Bustee
of High Court |
300 |
1500 |
5.00 |
56 |
| 13 |
Bangladesh
Railway Colony Bustee, Phulbaria |
300 |
1500 |
1.50 |
57 |
| 14 |
Gandaria Rail
Line Bustee, Gandaria |
700 |
4500 |
4.10 |
57 |
| 15 |
Kalunagar Bustee |
204 |
1122 |
4.60 |
58 |
| 16 |
Ganoktoli
Sweeper Colony Bustee |
852 |
4686 |
2.30 |
58 |
| 17 |
13 & 14
Shahidnagar Bustee |
650 |
3275 |
2.00 |
60 |
| 18 |
North Portion of
Buriganga River, Islambagh |
700 |
3600 |
4.00 |
65 |
|
| 19 |
Agasadek New Rd Bustee, Majed Sardar Road |
200 |
1000 |
1.65 |
69 |
| 20 |
25, Agasadek Hindu Sweeper Colony |
400 |
2500 |
2.47 |
72 |
| 21 |
Kowarte k, Begumganj, Sutrapur |
343 |
2025 |
5.90 |
80 |
| 22 |
Dhalpur Bastee |
118 |
584 |
0.59 |
85 |
| 23 |
Katarig ate, Member Bari, Puratan KC |
450 |
2300 |
2.50 |
90 |
| 24 |
229/5, East Jurine Rail Line Bustee |
1000 |
4000 |
2.47 |
90 |
| 25 |
Refugee Camp, Nondipara |
520 |
3200 |
3.30 |
90 |
|
Source: :C US (1996), Peoples Report on Bangladesh Environment
2002-2003, MoEF - US
| Residential
Patterns of Urban Poor in Dhaka City |
| |
| |
| Sl. No. |
Nature of Residential
Pattern |
Estimated No. of Persons |
Percentage of Total Poor
Population |
| |
|
|
|
| 01 |
Slum and Squatter Settlements
of HHs or More |
13,17,000 |
47.5 |
| 02 |
Household Maids/Ser vants
Living in High/Middle Class |
300,000 |
10.8 |
| |
Residence |
|
|
| 03 |
Floating Population |
50,000 |
1.8 |
| 04 |
Garments Worker Living
Outside the Slums and Squatters |
200,000 |
7.2 |
| 05 |
People Living in
Institutional Buildings |
75,000 |
2.7 |
| 06 |
People Living in Construction
Areas, Kutcha Bazars, on |
80,000 |
2.9 |
| |
Trucks, Buses, and other
Vehicles |
|
|
| 07 |
Poor Families Living Outside
the Slum Settlements under Various Arrangements |
750,000 |
27.1 |
| |
Vario us Arrangements |
|
|
| Total |
|
27,72000 |
100.0 |
| |
| Source: CUS
(1996), Peoples Report on Bangladesh Environment
2002-2003, MoEF - US |
|
| Magnitude
of Urban Poor Population in Bangladesh |
| Year |
Total Urban Population |
Percentage of
Urban Population |
Total Urban
Population (million) |
| |
|
Under Poverty |
Under Poverty |
Under Poverty |
Under Poverty |
| |
(million) |
Level I |
Level Il |
Level I |
Level II |
| 1990 |
22.9 |
50 |
30 |
11.45 |
6.87 |
| 2000 |
37.3 |
45 |
25 |
16.76 |
9.00 |
| 2010 |
56.8 |
40 |
20 |
22.72 |
10.80 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| Source: World
Bank (1985) |
|
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