Slum Footprint Expands As Clean-Up Plans Falter; Over 6.5 Lakh Residents Live In Over 400 Slums Across Bhopal
Several rehabilitation initiatives, including the Re-densification Scheme launched during the Babulal Gaur government in 2004 and housing projects under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in 2015, failed to achieve the results. Officials attribute the failure to political patronage, administrative lapses and unchecked encroachments.