A slum is an unplanned and thickly populated residential cluster connoted with poverty and staggering livelihood in urban. Parameters of slums are poor services liveable structure, high density, hazardous location, health, education, and social exclusion secured of tenure. Present work involves the implementation of the zero slum concept of the sustainable development goal (SDG-11). It has been proposed to design and draw with the site plan prepared for 25 Blocks consisting of 998 units over 6.23 Acre and rehabilitate about 3000 slum dwellers out of about 7000 dwellers in distorted Kargil Baste in Bhubaneswar in central areas of BBSR between the airport and south eastern railway line. The methodology involves identification of present slums and the proposed rehabilitation area by GIS and RS approach, insitu demographic survey, soil survey, large map, and the design and drawing using AUTO CAD, STAD PRO, and scheduling by MS software. The cutting-edge concept of zero slums can be possible when part of the present slum areas are rehabilitated by the federal Municipal Corporation at zero cost houses, interim transits shed for newcomers, and provide affordable compartments at cost along with the redevelopment of existing slums giving land rights. The fragmented cluster-wise rehabilitation as free allocation; at concessional price or sale at low-cost 2-BHK’s are considered as choices.

Mizoram, in eastern Himalayas of India, is educated but thinly populous young state of area 21081sq km with hilly forest cover of (≈90.68%) The major connectivity is by roads of length 8912km (2019) that connects India’s mainland, Myanmar and Bangladesh and about no rail tracks. The state is housed in various folds and faults over Indo-Burmese tectonic zone (Indo Eurasian plate tectonics), and housed adjacent to 950 Ridges. The booming craggy state is combatting with its road network progress due to frequent low magnitude tremors, landslides, floods, and heavy rainfalls. The data of earthquakes, landslides, rainfall, and road progress were collected, and analyzed. The connectivity growth is reported tough and challenging within forests, broken relief, frequent ghats roads, and deep gorges, in topography that hinders the progress in pavement growth. Present study focuses on the ameliorative measures of hill road construction in Mizoram by adhering to the IRC: 52-2019, changing modus operandi of national contract bids, amateurish engineering design, procurement policies, bidder’s expertise and commitment for execution. The non-availability menial labours and technocrats have stemmed many legal issues & disputes between the government and the contractors. Faulty planning, engineering design, executant’s approach, procurement policies and the contractor’s skill, contract administration and construction management, road safety challenges, contract documentation, and inability of deployed bidders needs to be improved in Mizoram. To cater the  needs  of  up-gradation/  new  constructions, the hurdles warrant cutting edge impulses through EIA, EMP, DPR, amateurish design, and updating procurement policies that should supersede the orthodox practices.