DECLARATION OF SLUM AREA  ACT 1971

 

Sec: 3 (i) (a) Chapter II of TN Slum Areas (Improvement & Clearance) Act 1971

 

Any area   is  or   may  be a source of danger  to  the health, safety or convenience   of  public of  that  area or of  its neighborhood, by reason   of  the area  being low-lying,  in-sanitary,  squalid,    or   overcrowded  or  otherwise, or the   buildings   in   any  area,  used  or  intended  to  be used  for  human habitation  are- in   any    respect,     unfit    for   human   habitation by  reason  of   dilapidation, overcrowding,     faulty  arrangement   and    design   of     such    buildings,   narrowness   or    faulty  arrangement  of     streets,   lack  of  ventilation,  light  or  sanitation      facilities,   or    any  combination of these factors,  detrimental to  safety,   health    or    morals,   they     may    by  notification, declare such area to be a slum area.