- Odisha won the ‘World Habitat Award’ for Jaga Mission also calledOdisha Liveable Habitat Mission (OLHM), a slum land titling project executed for the benefit of millions of urban-poor people living in slums.
- The award was given by the World Habitat, a UK (United Kingdom) based organization which gives the award annually to recognize innovative housing projects around the world.
Key Points:
- The Jaga is a society under Housing and Urban Development Department (HUDD), Government of Odisha.
- The OLHM-JAGA aims at transforming the slums into livable habitats and under which 52,682 urban poor families living in the slums have been granted land rights certificate.
- The mission works under the Odisha Land Rights to Slum Dwellers Act passed in September 2017.
