The land tenure rights program for the urban poor

Urban Development

According to the Paris Agreement; An International Treaty on Climate change which was adopted by nations in 2015… Lack of tenure security undermines the effectiveness of adaptation actions and it increases the risk of displacement from loss of land rights which may push communities into even more risky zones..persistent threats of evictions discourage people from investing in more resilient housing.
Formally recognized land rights will include informal settlers from compensation or disaster recovery
CFSD has been instrumental in bringing about a favourable and implementable policy in the state of Maharashtra which enables slum dwellers who have encroached on government lands to get “Pattas”.

CFSD conducts mapping exercises (Plane table maps) of slums of the city for this flagship “Pattawatap” program. In all these slums detailed socio-economic surveys of the slum dwellers are done to collect their documents of eligibility. CFSD works in close coordination with the “Pattawatap cell “a single window system established at the Nagpur Municipal Corporation, for the slum dwellers, where the maps and surveys are submitted for further processing and executing the sale deeds. Till date, more than 10,000 pattas have been distributed by the government to eligible slum dwellers of Nagpur.
CFSD also works closely with the collectors office (Both Nazul and Mehsul departments) under the “Pattawatap Program” by organising camps and encouraging the slum dwellers to participate in this scheme and avail the benefits.
Co-ordination with the government agencies, slum dwellers and the local elected representative and local leaders is the key focus of this “Pattawatapprogram” which provides tenure security to the slum dwellers