Archive · 31 Dec 2025
Gujarat Aims to Make Surat India's First Slum-Free City
The Gujarat government wants to make Surat the first city in India with over 70 lakh people to have no slums.
Right now, only Chandigarh, with a smaller population, is slum-free.
The government plans to build many new houses in the next five years to help achieve this goal.
Surat has already reduced its slum areas from 36% to just 5% since 2006.
This is part of a bigger plan to build over 1 crore houses across India under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana.
Gujarat government aims to make Surat India's first slum-free city with over 70 lakh population.
Chandigarh is currently India's first slum-free city with over 10 lakh population.
Surat's slum area has reduced from 36% in 2006 to 5% currently.
About 5.5 lakh houses to be constructed in Gujarat under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in the next five years.
Over 1 crore houses to be built across India under the scheme in the next five years.
- Who
- Gujarat government, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Cabinet Minister Jitu Vaghani
- What
- Decision to make Surat India's first slum-free city
- When
- December 31, 2025 (announcement)
- Where
- Surat, Gujarat, India
- Why
- To eradicate slums and provide housing under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
- Target City
- Surat, Gujarat
- Current Slum Area
- 5% of Surat's area
- Population of Surat (2011 Census)
- 45 lakh
- Houses to be Built in Gujarat (Next 5 Years)
- 5.5 lakh
- Total Houses Under PMAY (Next 5 Years)
- 1 crore
- First Slum-Free City in India
- Chandigarh (2025)
