SINDH KATCHI ABADIS AUTHORITY

2. SINDH KATCHI ABADIS AUTHORITY PRESENTATION ON KATCHI ABADIS

3. KATCHI ABADI KATCHI ABADI OR SQUATTER SETTLEMENT IS PREDOMINANTLY UNAUTHORIZED SETTLEMENTS FORM BY ILLEGAL OCCUPATION ON VACANT URBAN LAND AND CHARACTERISED BY SHANTY CONSTRUCTION, UNHYGIENIC CONDITIONS AND WITHOUT HAVING APPROPRIATE MUNICIPAL/CIVIC FACILITIES

4. ADDRESSING THE ISSUE WHY SHOULD THERE BE KATCHI ABADIS? WHY CAN NOT EVERYONE LIVE IN A DECENT HOUSE, IN A WELL PLANNED NEIGHBORHOOD, WITH ALL AMENITIES OF CIVIC LIFE? DO PEOPLE LIVE IN KATCHI ABADIS FOR THE FUN OF IT? IS IT THE KATCHI ABADI DWELLERS OWN FAULT THAT THEY LIVE THERE OR ARE THEY VICTIMS?

5. REASONS FOR EMERGENCE OF KATCHI ABADIS THE EMERGENCE OF KATCHI ABADIS IN SINDH, ESPECIALLY IN KARACHI CAN BROADLY BE LINED AS UNDER MIGRATION IN 1947 AFTER INDEPENDENCE WHEN OVER 600,000 REFUGEES ARRIVED FROM INDIA CONTINUOUS INFLOW OF MIGRANTS OF RURAL POOR FROM ALL OVER PAKISTAN TO THE CITIES IN SEARCH OF EMPLOYMENT WHEN LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIALIZATION STARTED IN MID-1950’s IN KARACHI NO MAJOR INVESTMENT WAS MADE IN AGRICULTURE DURING THIS PERIOD. THIS POLICY CONTRIBUTED TO THE RURAL-TO-URBAN MIGRATION IN 1960’s AND IN THE SUCCEEDING YEARS

6. MIGRATION IN 1971 AFTER SEPARATION OF BANGLADESH, A LARGE NO. OF PEOPLES MIGRATED TO URBAN SINDH FROM FORMER EAST PAKISTAN THE THIRD MAJOR INFLUX TOOK PLACE IN EARLY 1980’s, THE ARRIVAL OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM AFGHANISTAN NO SOCIAL POLICY ON AN APPROPRIATE SCALE EXISTS TO ADDRESS THE SHELTER ISSUE OF LOW INCOME COMMUNITIES SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING

7. BEFORE WE PROCEED FURTHER, LET US HAVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE HOUSING SITUATION IN PAKISTAN TO PLACE THE PROBLEM OF LOW INCOME COMMUNITY IN CONTEXT. DEMAND – SUPPLY GAP OF URBAN HOUSING IS UNDER:

8. CONCLUSION FROM URBAN HOUSING DEMAND-SUPPLY GAP, IT IS CONCLUDED THAT WITHOUT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF KATCHI ABADIS AND WITHOUT INFORMAL SUB-DIVISION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND PEOPLE MIGHT WOULD BE STARTED LIVING ON THE STREETS LIKE MUMBAI, INDIA

9. MAJOR URBAN GROWTH - IN 1950’s 4.13% - IN 1970’s 4.76% - IN 1980’s 4.98% • AS PER LAST CENSUS, THE URBAN GROWTH IN PAKISTAN IS NOW 3.46% • THE GROWTH RATE OF KARACHI WERE 11.5% IN 1950’s , 5% IN 19070’s & 4.96% IN 1980’s AND NOW OFFICIALLY IS 3.52% • THE PROVINCE OF SINDH, POPULATED BY 43% OF PAKISTAN’S URBAN POPULATION, TAKES AN IMPORTANT PLACE IN THIS RESPECT. IN 1981, SINDH HAD SIX CITIES WITH A POPULATION OVER 100,000. THE 1998 CENSUS REVEALS THAT KARACHI HAS 9.8 MILLION INHABITANTS, HYDERABAD CLOSE TO 900,000 AND SUKKUR 236,000.

10. PHENOMENON OF ESTABLISHMENT OF KATCHI ABADIS THE RURAL POOR COME TO THE CITIES IN SEARCH OF JOBS. THESE MIGRANTS ARE TOO POOR TO BUY OR RENT A HOUSE OR BUY A PIECE OF LAND, OR OBTAIN LOANS FROM OFFICIAL AGENCIES. MOST OF THEM ARE FORCED TO FIND SHELTER IN SUB STANDARD AREAS. THEY ONLY FIND SHELTER THROUGH INFORMAL AND MOSTLY ILLEGAL MEANS. THEY OCCUPIED WHATEVER OPEN SPACES OF STATE/PRIVATE LAND WERE AVAILABLE. THE ACTIVITY WAS SPONTANEOUS AND NO BROKERS OR LAND GRABBERS WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. THE SETTLEMENT GREW HAPHAZARDLY, THERE WAS NO PLANNING FOR ROADS OR PROVISION OF SERVICES.

11. AROUND 1970’s AND ESPECIALLY AFTER THE FALL OF DHAKA, A NEW PHENOMENON STARTED SENSING A BIG DEMAND FOR NEW HOUSING, A NEW CLASS OF PEOPLE KNOWN AS PROFESSIONAL LAND GRABBERS, BROKERS OR DALLALS EMERGED. THEY OCCUPIED VAST TRACTS OF VACANT STATE LAND AT THE PERIPHERY OF THE CITY AND PARCELLED IT OUT INTO SMALLER PLOTS FOR THE POOR AND THE LOW-INCOME PEOPLE. THE NEEDY PAID THEM THE MONEY AND GOT INSTANT POSSESSION WITHOUT ANY PAPER WORK AND TITLE DOCUMENT. SERVICES CAME SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY. THIS WAS THE BEGINNING OF ESTABLISHMENT OF BIG KATCHI ABADIS LIKE BALDIA, ORANGI ETC.

12. THE INFORMAL SECTOR RATHER THE LAND GRABBER FILLED THE GAP OF LAND SUPPLY TO THE LOW-INCOME PEOPLE BY GETTING THE ADVANTAGE OF WEAKNESS IN SUPPLY OF HOUSES BY THE FORMAL/PUBLIC SECTOR

13. PROFILE OF KATCHI ABADIS IN SINDH

14. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO HAVE A LOOK AT THE HOUSING SITUATION IN KARACHI WHICH IS THE MEGA CITY OF PAKISTAN TO HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SUBJECT UNDER DISCUSSION:

15. REALIZATION AT GOVERNMENT LEVEL GOVERNMENT ATTEMPT TO RESETTLE KATCHI ABADI DWELLERS IN BUILT UP UNITS LIKE IN KORANGI AND NEW KARACHI UNDER GREATER KARACHI RESETTLEMENT PLAN STARTED IN 1958 AND WAS ABANDONED IN 1964 THE SECOND PROGRAMME DURING 1964-1974 CONSISTED OF THE DEVELOPING PLOTS IN BALDIA, ORANGI & QASBA WHERE PEOPLE COULD BUY CHEAP PLOTS AND BUILD THEIR OWN HOUSES THE THIRD PROGRAMME DURING 1974-1978 WHEN KATCHI ABADI DWELLERS WERE OFFERED FLATS IN LINES AREA AND LYARI

16. REGULARIZATION AND UPGRADATION OF KATCHI ABADIS AT THE SAME PLACE WAS BECOME STATE POLICY DURING 1975 THE FIRST ATTEMPT WAS MADE BY DEFUNCT KMC IN COLLABORATION WITH UNDP TO UPGRADE SUB-STANDARD URBAN AREAS IN KARACHI IN 1978 MARTIAL LAW ORDER (MLO)-67 WAS PROMULGATED UNDER WHICH ALL KATCHI ABADIS EXISTING ON OR BEFORE 1-1-1978 WERE TO BE REGULARIZED. THE PROGRAMME WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 1978 AND WAS CALLED “KATCHI ABADI IMPROVEMENT & REGULARIZATION PROGRAMME” (KAIRP) SUPPORTED BY THE WORLD BANK AND ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.

17. MLOs-110 & 183 WERE PROMULGATED IN 1982 WHEN THE WORK OF REGULARIZATION, IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF KATCHI ABADIS WERE ASSIGNED TO THE DEFUNCT LOCAL COUNCILS OF SINDH

18. ESTABLISHMENT OF SINDH KATCHI ABADIS AUTHORITY IN VIEW OF THE FAILURE OF THE WORK UNDER DEFUNCT LOCAL COUNCILS, SINDH GOVERNMENT FELT THE NEED ENTRUST THE TASK TO A SEMI-AUTONOMOUS ORGANIZATION CUT-OFF DATE WAS EXTENDED UPTO 23.3.1985 WITH THE CONDITION THAT DWELLING UNITS SHOULD NOT BE LESS THAN 40 SINDH KATCHI ABADIS ACT WAS PROMULGATED IN 1987 SINDH KATCHI ABADIS AUTHORITY (SKAA) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1987 UNDER SECTION 4(I) OF THE ACT ADMINISTRATIVELY, SKAA COMES UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT, KATCHI ABADI & SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

19. SKAA’s VISION TO ENSURE REGULARIZATION, IMPROVEMENT, UP-GRADATION AND RE-SETTLEMENT/RE-LOCATION OF PRE-1985 KATCHI ABADIS/SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS BRINGING THEM AT PAR WITH OTHER POSH LOCALITIES OF CITIES/TOWNS AND LAUNCHING LOW COST HOUSING SCHEMES TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THE SHELTERLESS

20. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE MINISTER FOR KATCHI ABADIS CHAIRMAN GOVERNING BODY DIRECTOR GENERAL HEADQUARTERS OFFICE DY.DIRECTOR GENERAL DIRECTOR FINANCE & ADMN (TECHNICAL WING) (MANAGEMENT WING) FIELD ORGANISATION DIRECTOR DIRECTOR DY.DIRECTOR DY.DIRECTOR KARACHI FILED OFFICE SUKKUR FILED OFFICE LARKANA FILED OFFICE HYDERABAD FILED OFFICE

21. MAIN FUNCTIONS OF THE AUTHORITY (I) IMPLEMENTION OF GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON KATCHI ABADIS (II) DECLERATION / NOTIFICATION OF KATCHI ABADIS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ACT (III) SURVEY, PLANNING, REGULARISATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF KATCHI ABADIS (EITHER DIRECTLY OR THROUGH LOCAL COUNCILS) (IV) LAUNCHING LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEMES

22. SELF-FINANCING OF SKAA FROM 1991 SKAA IS NOT GETTING ANY GRANT FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO MEET ITS DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS NON - DEVELOPMENT EXPENDITURES BREAK-UP OF RECOVERIES •  1/3RD TO PAY COST OF THE LAND TO THE • LAND-OWNING AGENCY • 1/3RD FOR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES, AND •  1/3RD TO MEET NON-DEVELOPMENT • EXPENDITURES

23. GENERAL PROBLEMS / ISSUES - NOCs FROM FEDERAL LAND-OWNING AGENCIES • (RAILWAYS, KPT, T&T) - NOCs FROM PROVINCIAL LAND-OWNING AGENCEIES (CITY/ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT /BOR / IRRIGATION DEPTT : ETC) • - JOINT DEMARCATION WITH LAND-OWNING AGENCIES • - TRANSFER OF LAND TO SKAA • - KATCHI ABADIS ON PRIVATE LAND • - REQUIREMENT OF THE GOVERNMENT LAND AT REASONABLE PRICE • FOR LAUNCHING LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEMES

24. FUTURE PLAN FOR KATCHI ABADIS * REGULARIZED MEANS REGULARIZATION WORK IS IN PROGRESS

25. FUTURE PLAN FOR KATCHI ABADIS • CLOSING THE CHAPTER OF KATCHI ABADIS BY MAKING APPROPRIATE EFFORTS TO CONVERT THEM AT PAR WITH OTHER LOCALITIES • CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH RISE BUILDINGS TO ACCOMMODATE DWELLERS ON 1/10TH OF THE LAND • PROVISION OF BASIC FACILITIES AS PER MASTER PLAN • OPEN AUCTION OF REMAINING LAND • SHARE OF LAND OWNING AGENCIES/DEPARTMENTS • PURCHASE OF LAND FOR SHIFTEES OF POST-1985 KATCHI ABADIS IN SASTI BASTI • POST-1985 KATCHI ABADIS • INVENTORY (ESTIMATED AS 1100 NOs) • POSSIBILITIES OF SHIFTING THEM IN SASTI BASTI

26. SOLUTION OF KATCHI ABADIS

27. CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVES ON LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEME (ISSUED DURING HIS VISIT TO KARACHI ON 25TH & 26TH DECEMBER,2001) IN ORDER TO PROVIDE SHELTER TO LOW-INCOME PEOPLE, MALIR DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY IN COLLOBORATION WITH SAIBAN (AN NGO) HAS STARTED LOW COST/INCREMENTAL HOUSING SCHEME AT TAISER TOWN, KARACHIALL OF US MUST STRIVE TO GIVE BETTER LIVING TO THE DEPRIVED PEOPLE • GOVERNMENT OF SINDH TO PROVIDE RS.50 MILLION AS SEED MONEY TO SKAA FOR LOW COST HOUSING SCHEME. THE AMOUNT TO BE USED AS A REVOLVING FUND FOR PROVIDING BOUNDARY WALL TO THE ALLOTEE • GOVERNMENT OF SINDH TO PROVIDE LAND TO SKAA AT A RATE AT WHICH RECENTLY GIVEN TO AGHA KHAN UNIVERSITY

28. KESC AND KW&SB TO PROVIDE UTILITIES ON CONCESSIONAL RATE FOR POOR PEOPLE • DIRECTOR GENERAL, SKAA TO GIVE PRESENTATION ON INCREMENTAL HOUSING SCHEMES IN KARACHI ON NEXT VISIT. ALSO A BRIEF BE SENT TO THE PRESIDENT, CE SECRETARIAT FOR IMPLEMENTING IT IN URBAN AREAS OF PAKISTAN • INCREMENTAL HOUSING SCHEMES SHOULD BE PUBLICIZED IN MEDIA AND CONCEPT SHOULD BE HIGHLIGHTED • DURING HIS NEXT VISIT TO KARACHI, A VISIT TO LOW- COST HOUSING SCHEME MAY BE ARRANGED

29. IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVES GOVERNMENT OF SINDH HAS RELEASED RS. 50 MILLION TO SKAA ON 26.03.2002 CHIEF SECRETARY, SINDH ADDRESSED LETTERS TO ALL THE DISTRICT NAZIMS AND DCOs ASKING THEM TO IDENTIFY SUITABLE LAND FOR THE SCHEME GOVERNMENT/STATE LAND IS NOT MADE AVAILABLE TO SKAA FOR LAUNCHING THE PROJECT

30. COVERAGE UNDER SKA ACT, 1987 • SECTION 21 (2a) • THE AUTHORITY SHALL PREPARE OR CAUSE TO BE PREPARED SCHEME OR SCHEMES RELATING TO • “COMMUNITY PLANNING, HOUSING, RE- HOUSING INCLUDING LOW-COST HOUSING AND AMELIORATION”

31. REASON FOR LAUNCHING LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEMES(SASTI BASTI) • URBAN CENTERS IN SINDH ARE GROWING @ 4.9% PER ANNUM COMPARED TO NATIONAL GROWTH RATE OF 3.1% • URBANIZATION PROCESS CONTINUES UNABATED DUE TO PUSH & PULL FACTORS • INCOMING POPULATION IS FACED WITH HOUSING PROBLEM DUE TO WEAK HOUSING DELIVERY SYSTEM IN PUBLIC SECTOR

32. HOUSING IN PRIVATE SECTOR IS UNAFFORDABLE FOR POOR CLASS RESULTANTLY KATCHI ABADIS ARE PROLIFERATE IN ORDER TO CURB THE EMERGENCE OF ILLEGAL CLUSTERS AND TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT OF HOUSING NEED FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES, LAUNCHING LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEMES IS ESSENTIAL

33. AIMS & OBJECTIVES A LAND SUPPLY SYSTEM FOCUSING ATTENTION ON TARGETING AND SUPPLY OF AFFORDABLE LAND TO FILL THE GAP OF HOUSING DELIVERY TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES BY PUBLIC SECTOR PROVIDE SHELTER TO SHELTERLESS LOW INCOME FAMILIES AN AFFORDABLE OPTION FOR LOW INCOME FAMILIES TO STOP PROLIFERATION OF ILLEGAL SETTLEMENTS

34. SIMPLE PROCEDURE WITH MINIMUM PAPER WORK NO TIME-LAG BETWEEN ALLOCATION AND POSSESSION OF PLOT INFRASTRUCTURAL SERVICES ARE LINKED WITH COST RECOVERY INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT APPROACH ATTENTION TO SOCIO ECONOMIC SERVICES LIKE PRIMARY EDUCATION, BASIC HEALTH, FAMILY PLANNING AND INCOME GENERATION ACTIVITIES

35. PROCEDURE FOR ALLOCATION OF PLOT REGISTRATION OF SHELTERLESS LOW INCOME FAMILY PAYMENT OF ENTRY FEE RANGING FROM RS.8,000/= TO RS.10,000/= WHICH COVER A PART OF PRICE OF PLOT TO RESIDE IN THE RECEPTION AREA OF THE PROJECT ATLEAST FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER ASSESSMENT, POSSESSIONOF 80 SQ. YDS PLOT IS HANDED OVER FOR IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION A TIME OF 30 TO 45 DAYS IS ALLOWED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND SHIFTING TO THE UNIT

36. 60 MONTHLY INSTALLMENTS RANGING FROM RS.300/= TO RS.500/= TO RECOVER TOTAL PRICE OF PLOT RANGING FROM RS.32,000/= TO RS.35,000/= • OCCUPATION IS THE ONLY GUARANTEE OF THE OWNERSHIP OF PLOT DURING THE PERIOD OF 5 YEARS AND NO TRANSFER/TRANSACTION IS ALLOWED • OWNERSHIP DOCUMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AFTER 5 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF POSSESSION SUBJECT TO CLEARANCE OF TOTAL PRICE

37. IN FIRST PHASE, FOLLOWING LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED BY SKAA ITSELF FOR THESE SCHEMES:

38. LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEMES (SASTI BASTI) AT FOLLOWING FIVE LOCATIONS HAVE BEEN STARTED • KOTRI • GHARO • SUKKUR • LARKANA • JACOBABAD • ARRANGEMENTS ARE IN HAND TO START LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEMES (SASTI BASTI) AT FOLLOWING THREE LOCATIONS • THATTA • KHAIRPUR • LARKANA

39. PROGRESS ACHIEVED LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEME OF JACOBABAD COULD NOT BE STARTED DUE TO THE POLITICAL INFLUENCE DESPITE THE FACT THAT SITE OFFICE AND BOUNDARY WALL AROUND THE PROJECT AREA WAS COMPLETED BY SKAA

40. PROPOSED SASTI BASTI AT THATTA(AREA: 10.0 AC PLOTS: 300) TMA, THATTA HAS ALLOCATED 10 ACRES OUT OF THE LAND ALLOCATED TO DEFUNCT MC, THATTA BY BOR, SINDH FOR LAUNCHING HOUSING SCHEME TMA, THATTA HAS DEMANDED AND OBTAINED THE PRICE OF LAND FROM SKAA REVENUE DEPARTMENT HAS NOT MUTATED THE LAND IN FAVOUR OF SKAA DISTRICT COORDINATION OFFICER, THATTA HAS REFERRED THE MATTER TO SECRETARY, (LU), BOR, SINDH, WHO SENT IT TO PRICE ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE PRICE ASSESSMENT COMMITTEE UNDER THE CHAIRMANSHIP OF EDO (REV), THATTA RECOMMENDED VERY HIGH RATE i.e. Rs.2.5 MILLION PER ACRE WHICH IS AGAINST THE SPRIT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE DIRECTIVES ISSUE IS STILL TO BE RESOLVED

41. PROPOSED SASTI BASTI AT KHAIRPUR(AREA: 10.00 AC) DIRECTOR GENERAL, SKAA HELD MEETING WITH DISTRICT NAZIM, KHAIRPUR FOR IDENTIFICATION OF LAND A PIECE OF 10 ACRES OF STATE LAND IS IDENTIFIED BOR, SINDH IS APPROACHED FOR TRANSFER OF THIS LAND TO SKAA

42. PROPOSED SASTI BASTI AT LARKANA(AREA: 03.00 AC PLOTS: 90) A PIECE OF 3 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE NOTIFIED LIMIT OF KATCHI ABADI ALLAHABAD, LARKANA IS IDENTIFIED BY SKAA LEVELING AND LAND FILLING OF THE PROJECT AREA IS COMPLETED LAYOUT PLAN OF THE PROJECT IS COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF SITE OFFICE WILL BE STARTED SOON

43. FUTURE PLAN FOR LAUNCHING LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEMES (SASTI BASTI) IN THE DISTRICT HQs SINDH SKAA HAS PLAN TO LAUNCH LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEMES IN ALL THE DISTRICT HQs, SINDH AS AN ESTIMATION ABOUT 0.5 MILLION DWELLING UNITS ALL OVER SINDH FROM POST-1985 KATCHI ABADIS NEED TO BE RE-SETTLED IN LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEMES FOR THE PURPOSE 0.5 MILLION PLOTS OF 80 SQ. YDS ARE NEED TO BE CREATED IN THE PROJECT

44. FUTURE PLAN FOR LAUNCHING LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEMES (SASTI BASTI) IN THE DISTRICT HQs SINDH

46. A PICTORIAL VIEW OF THE LOW-COST HOUSING SCHEMES (SASTI BASTI) LAUNCHED BY SKAA