I think, one of the main issues is definitely the appearance of the places they live in, as they do not match up to the developing city's image which is trying to establish itself as a world city with an international look. If we don't want the city to look bad because of their filthy tent-like houses in various corners of city, the solution is not throwing them away from the city, I think ONE of the solutions (which I am proposing) can be making their dwellings better looking, and when we try to do that, the question arises again, why do these people need good/ "COOL" looking places and forms the vicious circle with never-ending argument. So, you give them tents to sleep in as an IMMEDIATE response, but bring them down after few years as they are potential slums.
These homeless people are the lifeline of the city, laborers-who make all those beautiful buildings, rag-pickers- trying to earn a living from cleaning up the city, rickshaw-pullers - very important transport system of every Indian city who cannot be replaced by a monorail/subway system for they can access narrowest of the streets and are much faster in traffic, cheap, environmental friendly. City has its responsibilities towards them and asking them to leave the city or giving them tents to sleep-in can not be a modern age architectural solution. Looking a bit beyond the problem, and analyzing the reasons for homelessness of rickshaw-pullers(highest number of self-employed homeless people), I think, instead of their deplorable housing conditions, they need deployable dwelling conditions according to their needs. Hence, this project!
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