7 months ago
Mumbai Slum Survey Progresses with Biometric Data Collection
The Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) in Mumbai has been working on a big project to count all the homes in slum areas and collect important information like fingerprints from the people living there.
They have checked 8,84,368 homes so far, and 6,10,382 of these homes have given their biometric data.
The SRA thinks there might be as many as 13 lakh slum homes in the city.
The survey started in 2016 and was supposed to finish by the end of 2025, but it will now continue into 2026 because there are still more slums to cover.
Some people in the slums don't want to give their information, which makes the job harder.
The survey helps the SRA decide who can get new homes and start projects to improve the slums.
They use special companies to help with the survey, and they have already checked many homes on different types of land.
Some areas, like those owned by the central government or the railways, are not included in the survey.
SRA has surveyed 8,84,368 slum homes in Mumbai, with 6,10,382 homes providing biometric data.
The survey, which started in 2016, has been extended to 2026 to cover more slum areas.
Officials estimate there could be up to 13 lakh slum homes in the city.
The survey aims to assess the number of slum homes, determine eligibility for rehabilitation, and initiate redevelopment projects.
Some slum dwellers resist providing documents, leading to a gap between surveyed homes and those with completed biometric verification.
- Who
- Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) and contracted agencies
- What
- Survey of slum homes and biometric data collection
- Where
- Mumbai, India
- When
- Survey started in 2016, deadline extended to 2026
- Why
- To assess slum homes, determine eligibility for rehabilitation housing, and initiate redevelopment projects
Key facts
- Total Homes Surveyed
- 8,84,368
- Homes with Biometric Data
- 6,10,382
- Estimated Total Slum Homes
- 13 lakh
- Survey Start Year
- 2016
- Survey Agencies
- Pioneer Foundation Engineers Pvt Ltd, SAAR IT Capital Pvt Ltd, S Technologies and Infra Ltd, Encure IT Systems Pvt Ltd, CE Infosystems Ltd
- Excluded Slums
- Central government, railway, defence, forest land, and Dharavi
- Majority Land Types
- State government or private land
- Survey Deadline Extension
- Into 2026
Quotes
SRA official
An official from the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA)
“Once the SRAs contracted agencies to conduct the survey, details of the residents are handed over to the agency, which is the authority on that land, whether it is the collector, BMC, or MHADA. The authority is the one who decides the eligibility. When it comes to the point of a project in the slum, the survey comes into the picture.”
indianexpress.com
“Initially, the SRA was first conducting the biometric survey in slum clusters and then doing GIS surveys.”
indianexpress.com
