BOMBAY URBAN DEVELOP

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The Bombay Urban Development Project first includes a: (i) land infrastructure servicing program. It involves the construction and financing of about 85,000 serviced residential, commercial and small industrial plots, which include community facilities, core housing, and house expansion loans on about 13 sites in the Bombay Metropolitan Region. Secondly, the project provides funds for a: (ii) slum upgrading program. This component comprises upgrading of about 300 ha of slum areas, mostly in the Bombay Municipal Corporation (BMC) area. It includes the provision of tenure, improved infrastructure, urban services, home improvement loans and community facilities. There is further a: (iii) local government finance, administration and services component. Under this component, the project provides equipment and civil works for improving the maintenance of roads, drains and services, and the collection and disposal of refuse. Finally, the project includes (iv) technical assistance, training and equipment to improve the capacity of the project implementing and coordinating agencies.