• Zerin Sultana Barbhuiya

Majority of the developed countries, developing countries and less developed countries are facing the problem of slums and there is no panacea to eradicate the same from the surface of the earth. Slums are universal in character and no country is able to get rid of them. Integrated Housing & Slum Development Programme seeks to enhance public and private investments in housing and infrastructural development in urban areas. Many areas of Assam come under the perview of this scheme. IHSDP was introduced by central government with an objective of fulfilling the housing requirements of the urban poor especially for the slum dwellers. There is a lack of adequate housing facility in the town of Polashbari and lack of employment has resulted in development of slums in the city of Guwahati. The study is the Government intervention through IHSDP has improved the living condition of the slum dwellers in the town of Polashbari. Slum dwellers of Polashbari are assimilated socially. Whatever they are getting from Government as IHSDP, most of them are satisfied but they are trying more to develop their social condition and status. They pass their social life as usually like other people of Polashbari town.

IHSDP, Slum, Housing, Social Development, Urban-poor, Implementation, Area, Beneficiaries, Dwellers.

"A Case Study of Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) in Guwahati", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 2, page no.903-909, February-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2102106.pdf

"A Case Study of Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) in Guwahati", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 2, page no. pp903-909, February-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2102106.pdf