The Burari Area

The Burari area covers a total of 35Km², extending from Sant Nagar to include the three villages of Burari, Nathupura and Ibrahimpur. The area has developed due to large numbers of people migrating into New-Delhi looking for work, many people have settled in the area building illegal colonies on unauthorised land. This has led to a very densely populated semi-urban area which has almost no infrastructure in place to deal with the needs of the people. However, unlike in the Delhi DOTS project, this is not a totally slum area, as unofficial building projects have been taking place for the last few years.

The area is very close to Delhi’s main Land-fill site which creates a serious health hazard to those living near by, while many also work on the scrap heap. The lack of sanitation and over crowding of the area provides an ideal environment for the spread of Tuberculosis.

Due to the unofficial nature of the settlement, there are almost no services in the area, including health care. As a result the local government have asked TB Alert India to set up a centre to diagnose and cure tuberculosis and implement the DOTS program here.

Find out about the existing services in the area here