{"id":175074,"date":"2026-01-22T15:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=175074"},"modified":"2026-01-22T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T10:06:00","slug":"surat-set-to-become-indias-first-slum-free-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/surat-set-to-become-indias-first-slum-free-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Surat Set to Become India\u2019s First Slum-Free City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Surat (Gujarat) is on the verge of becoming India\u2019s first slum-free city through large-scale in-situ slum redevelopment led by the Surat Municipal Corporation under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) and state housing schemes.<br>By replacing slums with permanent multi-storey housing equipped with water, sanitation, drainage, lighting, and roads, Surat is improving urban living standards, reducing inequality, and setting a national model for sustainable urban development (SDG-11).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Progress and Statistics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Drastic Reduction<\/strong>: In 2006, approximately\u00a0<strong>36\u201338%<\/strong>\u00a0of Surat&#8217;s population lived in slums. 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