The Hindu 06.10.2010
Slum-mapping for RAY stressed
Staff Reporter
VISAKHAPATNAM: The importance of slum-mapping using Geographic Information System (GIS) in implementing the Rajiv Awas Yojana housing programme for a slum-free city and accelerating the process of preparing detailed project reports was stressed at a workshop for Town Planning and Urban Community Development officials of the GVMC on Tuesday. A Town Planning specialist from Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA), Hyderabad, D. Ramesh Babu explained in detail the procedural aspects and methodology of slum-mapping in GIS mode. .
GVMC Additional Commissioner (Projects) K. Ramesh directed all the officials concerned to speed up the process of preparing DPRs in accordance with the norms laid down by the government. Chief City Planner D. Venkataratnam, deputy city planners Balaji and Ramakrishna Reddy and HRD Consultant A. Rajendra Krishna participated.
