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Rejuvenation of the Tile Jamal Pure Runnel, Bhopal
Parth Bansal ; Swarnali Dihingia
Bachelors in Planning, Department of Planning School of Planning and Architecture Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh
parth@blem.in ; swarnali@dihingia.in
Abstract—
Almost 1 billion people, or 32 per cent of the world’s
urban population, live in slums and India being one
of the fastest developing countries with migration in
many of the metropolitan cities, slums are
considered to be the major issue within many urban
areas; particularly problems related to
transportation, population, health and safety.
Bhopal, the capital of state of Madhya Pradesh has
wide spread poverty due to its tragic past of gas
tragedy. This poverty has manifested into
widespread slum proliferation which has
concentrated into disadvantages land parcels
generally owned by governmental bodies.
Tila Jamal Pura nalah, flowing through heart of
Bhopal, has become the centre of informal activities,
giving rise to slum colonies due to little attention
from government. The flow of untreated sewage and
septic tank overflow from nearby colonies due to
absence of proper sewage system has made these
natural drainage paths hub to filth and disease
centers.
Along with the above mention points, due to flood
prone nature of these drainage lines, the Town and
Country Planning Organization, M.P., has mandated
that a buffer of 15 Meter along the drainage line
should be maintained.
The paper examines the case of slums and colonies
located along the Tila Jamal Pura Nala located in
the ward 11 and 12 of Bhopal. It calculates the
approximate amount of household living in the 15 M
buffer zones and suggests how the development of
this buffer zone into urban green space can not only
provide relief to the slum dwellers, but also provide
breathing and recreational space to the resident of
cities where local parks are few and far in between.
Index Terms— slums, runnel (key words)
I. INTRODUCTION
Almost 1 billion people of the world’s urban
population lives in slum, the majority of them in
the developing world and the locus of poverty are
moving to the cities (UN Habitat, 2003).
India being one of the fastest developing countries
with huge rural to urban migration, slums are
considered to be the major issue within many urban
areas; particularly in terms of problems
related to transportation, population, health and
safety.
Bhopal, Capital of state of Madhya Pradesh, India is
home to 1.2 Million people. The city has experience
rapid growth and received special attention from
state government for being home of large
government employees. Despite these factors, slum
proliferation continues to be a major problem, with
almost 30% of population living in miserable
condition.
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Jain et al., (2011) argues that the biological
functions of human beings demands that he should
breathe fresh air, enjoy leisure and take part in
recreation but due to rapid urbanization and the
mounting pressure on land, colonies and slums have
been developed around runnels which faces risk due
to the floods occurring as well as health problems
due to the fact that the runnel usually acts as the
drainage system.
II. OBJECTIVE
The objective of this paper is to introduce the area
of Tila Jamal Pura Runnel flowing through ward 11,
Bhopal, M.P. and develop concept proposal for the
stretch for it to act as a recreational strip which can
solve problem arising out of unhygienic conditions
created by uncontrolled flow of sewage. All the
analysis is based on primary survey and statistical
data collected from offices of Rajiv Awas Yojana
and Census. The proposals are based on authors’
perception of the area.
III. INTRODUCTION TO THE AREA
The paper proposes the development of stretch of
Tila Jamal Pura runnel starting from the Lendhia
talab in the adjacent ward. The access to this
runnel is provided by Regiment road on the right
and Berasia road on the left. Besides, there are
certain very narrow pathways which provide
access to houses along runnel. These pathways
are very narrow, generally of width less than 3
Meter.
The total runnel area considered for development
is 3.879 hectares and the site is surrounded by
four slums- Krishna colony (3.74 Hectares), Tila
Jamal Pura Gaon (3.70 Hectares), Basod Basti
(3.08 Hectares) and Shobharam Ki Bawdi (1.09
Hectares). (Fig. 1)
The tenure status of the slums are different from
each other , Basod Basti and Krishna Colony having
Patta- a legal document issued by the state
government in the name of the actual owner of a
particular plot of land. (Krishnan,2013) and
Certified occupancy rights- a document issued by
a local government agency or building
department certifying a building's compliance
indicating it to be in a condition suitable for
occupancy (Lehman and Phelps, 2005) whereas Tila
Jamal Pura Gaon and Shobharam ki Bawdi
residents possessing no documents of any kind.
Figure 1: Slum Demarcation
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The contour along the runnel is very steep
indicating that human habitation is at a high risk
along its length, but squatter settlement persists
some in a very dangerous location due to poor land
management practiced by the local government.
The existing cross section of the runnel is shown
below. In the Section X-X’, it is seen that the runnel
is wide and shallow and houses are located even at
the slope. In the Section Y-Y’, the slope is steep
and so the runnel is narrow and deep. The sections
are tentative in nature.(Fig 2.)
DESIGN PROPOSALS
IV. The
Town and
Country
Planning Organisation, Madhya Pradesh has
mandated that a 15 Metre buffer zone to be kept
along the runnel for the safety of the people and
their health. If the 15 meter buffer zone is acquired
then it can be used to develop the site as a breathing
space for the residents by providing environmental
friendly landscape.But by doing so the households
residing in the 15 meter buffer zone needs to be
relocated which by Rajiv Awas Yojna (RAY) was
found to be 313 households. (Fig 3., Tab 1.)
The space freed by relocating these households
can be used as an active recreation zone along
with the informal commercial spaces such as those
for vendor activity. But for doing so, the foul smell
of the runnel is to be eliminated which in turn can
be done by the introduction of reed beds-Phragmites
Australis (Vipat,et all. 2008). The reed beds which
are also addressed as Constructed Wetlands will also
help in purifying the water of the runnel.
The Use of reeds beds is very beneficial as:
It is a cost-saving, effective, low- maintenance approach to dewatering sludge
and reducing bio-solids.
Figure 2: Contour Map and the existing Cross section
SECTION Y-Y’
SECTION X-X’
Figure 3: 15 m buffer zone
Table 1: Households to be Relocated
