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Aproj
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ft
ingtheli
fes
tyl
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antl
abourersbyprovidingpr
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I
ndi
anvil
l
agei nKeral
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suni
queidenti
ty,i
nter
act i
ngwi
ththeMal
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cul
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urewit
houtanys oci
al,
communal aswell
ascultur
albarri
ers
.

I
ntr
oduct
i
on.
Anappr oachfortheimprovementoft heli
fest
yleofmigrantl
abourersi
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ent i
alforthe
developmentofanyur ban area.T
hes e communi tyi
ncludeslabourer
sfr
om di ff
erent
NothEas t
ernst
ateslikeWestBengal,Ori
ssa,Ass
am,Biharetc.T
hecul t
urali
ntegrati
onof
thesedif
fer
entst
atesandKer al
aisoneoft hemaj orchall
engeduringthi
sdesign.T
heim-
provementofthelivi
ngconditi
onsoftheselabourersi
soneofthemaj oragendasoft he
Keral
aGover nment .

Scope/
Feas
ibi
l
ty
Themigrantlabourer
sar eincreasi
ngatanaver agerateof2. 5lakhsi
nayear.
Thes cope
oftheproj
ectisunderstandingthes cenari
oofmigrantl
abor ersi
nPerumbavoorthrough
l
ivecas estudi
esand todes i
gnhygi eni
cand secureli
vingenvi r
onmentformigrantl
a-
bourerswi
thbas icf
acil
iti
esforhealth,educati
on,sanit
at i
on,recreati
onandskil
ldevel
-
opmentet c.Perumbavoori sanar ea forongoi
ng propos alf
orhous i
ng f
ormigr
antla-
bours.
The proj
ectalso ai
msati nt
egr at
i
ng ar
tand culture ofNorthEast
ernst
atesand
Keral
aculture.

Obj
ect
i
ves
●Tosiudyandunder
st
andthelif
estyl
eandpres
entl
i
vingenvi
r
onmentof(Domest
icMi
-
grantLabour
s)
DMLsandtoidenti
fyGover
nmentpol
ici
esandschemest
hatsuppor
taf
-
for
dablehousi
ngandupl
i
ft
ingtheircommuni
t
y.
●T
odevel opsust
ainabl
ehousi
ngmodel
formi
grantl
abour
ersi
nKer
alabycol
l
abor
ati
ng
di
ff
erentcul
tur
esofnati
vest
ates.
●Toident
i
fymat
eri
alst
hatar
ecos
t-
eff
ect
i
veandi
nnovat
i
vet
echnol
ogyr
eiat
edcos
t-
ef-
fect
i
vehousi
ng.
●Todesi
gnhygieni
candsecur
eli
vi
ngenvi
ronmentf
orDMLswi
thbasi
cfaci
l
it
iesf
orhealt
h,
educati
on,sani
tat
i
on,r
ecreat
i
onandskil
ldevel
opment
.T
oint
roducecommer ci
alshops
foodst
reet
setc.

Genr
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hepr
oject
.
T
hepr
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sat
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bani
sm,S
oci
ol
ogy,hous
ingandcommuni
t
yas
pect
set
c.
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extandSi
t
e
Thesi
t
eislocat
edinPerumbavooronAluva-Munnarhl
ghway16i
nPonj
ass
ery,Per
um-
bavoori
nernakul
am di
st
ri
ctofKer
ala.
Thel
andext
endis9acr
es.

Per
umbavoorinEr nakul
am ishub f
ormigr
antlabourersdue tothe concentrationon
woodandf ur
nit
urewor ks
hops,
plywoodandhol l
ow bri
ckindust
ri
esetcinthear ea.I
tis
oneoftheol
destsett
lementofmigr
antl
abourer
s.Si
tei
sl
ocat edont heouts
kir
tsofperum-
bavoormunci
pali
tywher eoneamongstthelar
gestconcent r
ati
onofDML sares pread.

Pr
ojectbr
ief
Theprojectaimsatintodui
ci
ngami ninorthi
ndi
anvi l
lagebyincorpor
ati
ngt hedi f
fer
ent
cult
uresofnati
vest
atesandavoidingthebar r
ierbetweenKeralacommuni t
y.Thepr oj
ect
wil
lbepi l
otedatPerumbavoorinErnakulam.Theprojectwi
ll
bei mplementedi nassoci
a-
ti
onwi t
howner sofr ent
alaccommodat ionand localsel
f-
governmentinst
ituti
onsand
monitoredbytheLabourCommi s
sioner.

L
Istofbui
l
tcomponent
s
T
heproj
ecti nvolvesthedes i
gnofaff
ordablehousi
ngforDMLsonarental
basis.
●Compr i
sesofresidences(dormi
tor
yfacil
i
ti
esfori
ndi
vi
dualsandhous
ingunitf
orfami
l
ies
)
●Pr
imaryheal t
hcent re
●Ki
ndergarten
●Recr
eational s
paces
●Communi tycent re/L
ibr
ary
●Foods t
reet
sandr es
taurants
●Propersani
tat
i
onands ervi
cestobepr
ovi
ded
●Multi
purpos
es pacesforrecreat
ion
●S
kil
ldevel
opmentandni
ghtcl
ass
esar
eal
sot
o bepr
ovi
ded.

L
IstofCas
est
udi
es
●CI
DCO Hous
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apur
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nter
lace,Si
ngapor
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