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The Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) is the part of a mission mode programme of the Indian Government that aims at providing access to basic amenities and services, including housing security, to urban poor living in slums. The article discusses the implementation of the BSUP in the city of Bhopal. The article throws a point for discussion whether providing a house under the programme is enough to improve the quality of life of urban poor and the programme delivers a complete package as it has been promised in the BSUP guidelines issued by the government. The article looks at two specific dimensions of the implementation of the BSUP: whether stated objectives of the BSUP have been fulfilled and whether the living conditions in the newly constructed settlements are sustainable. The article compares three cases in the city of Bhopal to probe these two specific dimensions. The cases include a newly constructed settlement under the BSUP, a transit camp where habitants of a displaced slum are waiting to shift to a newly constructed settlement under the BSUP and an existing slum, which was expected to be rehabilitated in the future.

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Urban housing rehabilitation slums urban poor

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Rehabilitation of Slum Dwellers: A Case Study in Bhopal

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