Assessing the Interconnected Challenges of Housing, Health, Education, and Employment in Balaju Slum Settlement

Abstract

The deprivation of slums compels dwellers to encounter employment opportunities, income constraints, access to health and sanitation, poor housing arrangements, social displacement, and public participation. In addition, they are trapped with a lack of waste management and drainage systems, a high risk of natural catastrophe, unsystematic housing, a lack of social provision and many more. This research explores the way slum dwellers are deprived of housing security, educational opportunities, employment choices and health facilities and sanitation. In-depth interviews have been utilized to collect the data through random sampling based on Balaju slum and squatter settlement. The author of this research explored that slum dwellers have poor housing condition with lacking proper ventilation, prone to natural calamity and unavailability of enough space. In addition, the higher drop out of the students from the government schools indicate the low educational condition. Moreover, Admission in private schools is just a nightmare. Similarly, Slum dwellers are dragged into the informal labor market with less wage and children of slum area are the victims of the malnutrition.