 bill no xxiv of 2002 the slums and jhuggi-jhopri areas (basic amenities and clearance) bill, 2002 a billto provide for the basic minimum amenities of water, electricity, sanitation and health facilities in slums and jhuggi-jhopri clusters and for the clearance of such areas in larger public interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the fifty-third  year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the slums and jhuggi-jhopri areas (basic amenities and clearance) act, 2002short title, extent and commencement(2) it extends to the union territories and metropolitan cities only(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different union territories and metropolitan citiesdefinitions2 in this act unless the context otherwise requires,—10(a) " appropriate government" means in the case of a metropolitan city fallingwithin the jurisdiction of a state, the government of that state and in other cases the central government;(b) "building" includes any structure or erection or any part of a building but does not include a plant or machinery comprised in a building;(c) "competent authority" means such officer or authority as the appropriategovernment may, by notification in the official gazette, appoint as the competentauthority for the purposes of this act;5(d) "jhuggi-jhopri" means small roughly built house or shelter usually made ofmud, wood or metal having thatch or tin sheet roof covering;(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act; (f) "slum" means an area consisting of badly built, overcrowded houses, buildingsor jhuggi-jhopri cluster;10(g) "slum clearance" means the clearance of any slum area by demolition andremoval of buildings therefrom;(h) "works of improvement" includes in relation to a slum area the execution offollowing works, namely:—(i) necessary repairs of lanes, roads, etc;15(ii) provision of light point, water taps and bathing places; (iii) construction of drains, open or covered; (iv) provisions of latrines, inlcuding conversion of dry latrines into waterborne latrines; and(v) removal of rubbish203 the competent authority may, from time to time, by notification in the official gazette, declare any area to be a slum area within the meaning of this actcompetent authority to declare slum areas254 the appropriate government through the competent authority shall carry outworks of improvement in slums and jhuggi-jhopri clusters from time to time in such manner as may be prescribedcompetent authority to carry out works of improvement in slums and jj clusters 5 the appropriate government shall provide minimum basic health facilities  through primary health centres in slum areas and jhuggi-jhopri clusters in such manner as may be prescribedhealth facilities inslums and jj clusters306 the competent authority shall not allow a jhuggi-jhopri cluster to come upon agovernment land and if any slum exists in such a land before the commencement of this act, the competent authority shall remove it in such manner as may be prescribedremoval of jj clusters from government land35power to declare any area to be a clearance area7 where the competent authority is  satisfied that the most satisfactory method ofdealing with the conditions in a slum area is the demolition of all the buildings in the area, the authority shall by an order notified in the official gazette declare the area to be a clearance area, that is to say an area to be cleared of all buildings in accordance with the provision of this act and the rules made thereunderslum clearance order408 as soon as may be after the competent authority has declared any slum area to bea clearance area it shall make a slum clearance order in such manner as may be prescribed and submit the order for the clearance by the appropriate government   and if the appropriate government confirms the order, the order shall become operative from the date of such confirmationpower to make rules9 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules forthe purposes of this act statement of objects and reasonscrores of people in our country are living in slums and jhuggi jhopri clusters under inhuman conditions there are no basic facilities of potable water, electricity, sanitation and health services in these areas however people have no other option but to live in such slums and jj clusters the problem is more appaling in metropolitan cities like delhi, mumbai, chennai and kolkata and such other big cities where people migrate in large numbers in search of employment poverty forces them to find shelter in slums and jj clusters it is the duty of the concerned state governments to provide basic facilities in such areas however, sometimes jj clusters come upon government land which is meant for other important purposes their clearance is also necessary in larger public interesthence this billsuresh  pachouri financial memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides that competent authority shall carry out works of improvement in slums and jj clusters clause 5 provides for health care facilities in slums the bill, if enacted, will involved expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of five hundred crore rupees will involve as recurring expenditure per annuma sum of rupees one hundred crores will also involve as non-recurring expenditure memorandum  regarding  delegate  legislationclause 9 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for the purposes of this bill the rules will relate to matters of details onlythe delegation of legislative power is of normal character————abillto provide for the basic minimum amenities of water, electricity, sanitation and health facilities in slums and jhuggi-jhopri clusters and for the clearance of such areas in larger public interest and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri suresh pachouri, mp)