patna the patna municipal corporation pmc on friday launched a sustainable and inclusive urbanisation programme for the city in association with the united nations population fund unfpathe programme is aimed at promoting safe healthy and inclusive models for slum development and mitigating health vulnerabilities that are enhanced by the gender divide in the slum areas a pmc official said all the 110 slum areas in the state capital would be covered under the programmethe initiative is also aimed at enhancing citizens participation in the urbanisation process it will focus on vulnerable groups living in the slum areaspmc municipal commissioner himanshu sharma emphasised on the value that new partnership with unfpa will add to the programme the programme will also enhance the income of the existing sanitation workers we believe that sanitation workers will also start contributing to the urbanisation process he addedargentina matavel piccin representative of unfpa and country director of bhutan attended the launch virtually and emphasised on the importance of sustainable development goal sdg11 that focuses on making cities more sustainableshe said with rising population and migration slums are already a significant feature of urban life and sdg11 calls for developing upgraded slums through sustainable and integrated planning and managementthe event was attended by patna mayor sita sahu deputy mayor meena devi former secretary and member appellate tribunal real estate regulatory authority s k singh and ward councillorsa slum networking plan and training materials for elected representatives were also released on the occasion