Even as the Maharashtra government faces flak for
its inept handling of bubonic plague in Beed district,
experts have denounced the state's earthquake
reconstruction and rehabilitation programme in the
Marathwada region, following the devastation in
September last year.
In the first comprehensive review of the rehabilitation measures undertaken, A S Arya of Roorkee
University, Action Research Unit, and Youth for
Unity and Voluntary Action, among others, faulted
the government's programme on several counts,
including lack of community participation in decision-making.
In a study released in Bombay on September 28,
the experts demanded that the entire donor housing
programme be reviewed on technical, functional and
economic grounds. The study suggested evolving
designs that recognise local lifestyles, architecture
and culture, instead of the present designs that
resemble urban slums. The experts added that a site
re-evaluation is also necessary to avoid undue stress
on the users because of irrational location.
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