In Delhi, like all other towns and cities, the primary responsibility of carrying out improvement in slum areas rests with the municipal bodies. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has a full-fledged Slum & J.J. Department which has the nodal responsibility of organizing slum improvement programmes. Besides, its other activities, the Department has set up Basti Vikash Kendras (BVKs) and Community Centres in a large number of slum areas and J.J. Colonies.
At the request of AICURD, the MCD allotted two rooms each to AICURD at their Basti Vikash Kendras at C-10, Sultanpuri and Block F Extension, Raghubir Nagar, Delhi in June-July, 2001 for organizing welfare activities.