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06/01/23 07:52 AM IST

Odisha wins World Habitat Awards 2023 for Jaga Mission

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  • Odisha won the UN-Habitat’s World Habitat Awards 2023 for Jaga Mission, a 5T initiative of the state.
Jaga Mission
  • Jaga mission is the world’s largest land titling and slum upgrading program which aims at empowering the lives of slum dwellers.
  • Under the inspiring leadership of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the Government of Odisha has set itself the ambitious target of becoming the first slum-free state in India and is leading the Jaga Mission programme to upgrade all of the state’s 2,919 slums.
  • In the last 05 years of the initiative, 1,75,000 families have been granted land tenure security.
  • 100% households in 2,724 slums have been provided with pipe water connections, 707 slums transformed fully into Liveable Habitats, 100% households in 666 slums have individual toilets, and 8 cities have become slum-free.
  • Earlier in 2019, Odisha’s Jaga mission had received World Habitat Awards for its success in providing land tenure security to the slum dwellers.
Source- The Print

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