Lok Sabha Question No. 2156 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-31
Subject: Over-Population in Urban Areas
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2156

## TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 31, 2018 OVER-POPULATION IN URBAN AREAS

No. 2156. Shri G.M.SIDDESHWARA:

Will  the  Minister  of  HOUSING  AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  overcrowding/overpopulation in majority of urban areas in the country including Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to decongest over-populated urban areas including Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai and also to address rural migration to urban areas; and
- (c) the extent to which  the plan to decongest  Delhi by developing ring towns has been successful?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) As per the Census 2011, the total urban population increased from 286.11 million to 377.10 million showing an increase of 31.8 %, during the period 2001-2011. The rate of increase of population in 53 major cities during the same period is given in Annexure - I.

The density of population (persons per sq.km) in the cities of Delhi,  Bangalore  and  Mumbai  is  19660,  11470  and  15517 respectively. The density of the 53 cities is at Annexure - II The  reasons  for  high  urban  population  growth  are  (i)  large scale  in-migration  to  urban  areas  from  rural  areas  and  (ii)

natural growth of the urban population.

- (b) Urban development is a state subject and the State governments  in  their  efforts  to  decongest  over-populated urban  areas  prepare  the  Metropolitan  Region  Plans.  The examples of  such  plans  are  NCR  Regional  Plan  2021,  Draft Mumbai Metropolitan Region Plan 2036, Bengaluru Metropolitan  Region  Plan  2031  and  Hyderabad  Metropolitan Region Plan 2031. These plans have advocated decentralization  of  economic  activities  from  the  congested core areas.
- (c) The relative share of Delhi in the population of NCR has been steadily increasing during the period 1981-2001. Keeping this in  view,  NCR  Plan  2021,  has  been  prepared  to  reduce  the burden on infrastructure in Delhi. The plan envisages development of Central National Capital Region (CNCR) towns like Ghaziabad-Loni, Noida, Gurgaon-Manesar, FaridabadBallabgarh, Bahadurgarh, and Sonepat-Kundli. The Ministry is funding  projects  for  De-congestion  of  Delhi  from  the  Urban Development  Fund  (UDF).  A  list  of  such  projects  is  at Annexure-III

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## Annexure- II as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2156 for 31.07.2018

| Sl. No   | Town/City                             | State/Uts            | Population Density   |
|----------|---------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| 1        | Pune                                  | Maharashtra          | 40093                |
| 2        | Dhanbad                               | Jharkhand            | 35173                |
| 3        | Chennai                               | Tamil Nadu           | 26553                |
| 4        | Kolkata                               | West Bengal          | 24306                |
| 5        | Delhi                                 | Delhi                | 19660                |
| 6        | Madurai                               | Tamil Nadu           | 19589                |
| 7        | Hyderabad                             | Telangana            | 19543                |
| 8        | Allahabad                             | Uttar Pradesh        | 16679                |
| 9        | Patna                                 | Bihar                | 15640                |
| 10       | Greater Mumbai                        | Maharashtra          | 15517                |
| 11       | Varanasi                              | Uttar Pradesh        | 14598                |
| 12       | Jodhpur                               | Rajasthan            | 13438                |
| 13       | Surat                                 | Gujarat              | 13304                |
| 14       | Agra                                  | Uttar Pradesh        | 13152                |
| 15       | Ahmadabad                             | Gujarat              | 11895                |
| 16       | Indore                                | Madhya Pradesh       | 11569                |
| 17       | Bengaluru                             | Karnataka            | 11470                |
| 18       | Nagpur                                | Maharashtra          | 11401                |
| 19       | Kanpur                                | Uttar Pradesh        | 10377                |
| 20       | Ludhiana                              | Punjab               | 10158                |
| 21       | Coimbatore                            | Tamil Nadu           | 9950                 |
| 22       | Meerut                                | Uttar Pradesh        | 9197                 |
| 23       | Chandigarh                            | Chandigarh           | 9184                 |
| 24       | Aurangabad                            | Maharashtra          | 8485                 |
| 25       | Rajkot                                | Gujarat              | 8405                 |
| 26       | Amritsar                              | Punjab               | 8326                 |
| 27       | Lucknow                               | Uttar Pradesh        | 8077                 |
| 28       | Ghaziabad                             | Uttar Pradesh        | 7494                 |
| 29       | Jabalpur                              | Madhya Pradesh       | 7092                 |
| 30       | Faridabad                             | Haryana              | 6932                 |
| 31       | Jamshedpur (NAC)                      | Jharkhand            | 6790                 |
| 32 33    | Raipur Vadodara                       | Chhattisgarh Gujarat | 6598 6485            |
| 34       | Vijayawada                            | Andhra               |                      |
|          |                                       | Pradesh              | 6315                 |
| 35       | Bhopal                                | Madhya Pradesh       | 6290                 |
| 37       |                                       | Jharkhand            | 6130                 |
|          | Ranchi                                |                      |                      |
| 38       | Kollam                                | Kerala Kerala        | 6091                 |
| 39 40    | Kochi Gwalior                         | Madhya Pradesh       | 6077 6071            |
|          | Tiruchirappalli                       |                      | 5768                 |
| 41       |                                       | Tamil Nadu           |                      |
|          | Kannur                                | Kerala               | 5152                 |
| 43       | (M)                                   |                      | 5069                 |
| 44 45    | Thiruvananthapuram Durg -Bhilai Nagar | Kerala Chhattisgarh  | 4564                 |
| 46       | Asansol                               | West Bengal          | 4503                 |
|          | Kozhikode                             | Kerala               | 4419                 |
| 47 48    | Srinagar                              | Jammu &Kashmir       | 4238                 |
| 49       | Vasai-Virar City (M                   | Maharashtra Pradesh  | 3827                 |
| 50       | GVMC                                  | Andhra               | 3365                 |
| 51       | Thrissur                              | Kerala               | 3115 1901            |
| 52       | Kota                                  | Rajasthan            |                      |
| 53       | Malappuram (M )                       | Kerala               | 1742                 |

Computed from Census of India, 2011

## Annexure- III as referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No 2156 for 31.07.2018

|   S.No | Project Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |   Project Cost (Rs in Crore) |   Approved UDF Funding (Rs in Crore) |
|--------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|      1 | Integrated Transit Corridor Development Plan along Mathura Road, Bhairon Marg, Mahatma Gandhi Marg and connecting Mathura Road to Mahatma Gandhi Marg via Underground Tunnel below Pragati Maidan. The Project includes underground tunnel, underpass, clover leaves, FOBs, Loops, ramps footpaths, road work including road signage, street light works, ventilation of tunnel, drainage, rain water harvesting and allied works. |                       928.17 |                               739.19 |
|      2 | Construction of flyover passes between Northern Mahipalpur by pass road and Airport road near Hanuman Mandir, New Delhi.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |                       188    |                               150.4  |
|      3 | Construction of Flyover-cum-ROB on UER-I at Narela.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                       437.21 |                               349.77 |
|      4 | Construction of skywalk and FOB at the Junction of Sikandra Road, Mathura Road, Tilak Marg and Bhadur Shah Marg at 'W' Point near Hans Bhawan                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                        54.34 |                                43.47 |
|      5 | Road corridor improvement of Ring Road from ISBT Kashmiri Gate to Shalimgarh Byepass including construction of up-ramp for U turn to join with existing elevated loop at ISBT Kashmiri Gate, widening of road by shifting entry/exit subway near Nigam Bodh Ghat (Project cost Rs. 18.68 crore, Approved UDF funding Rs. 14.94 crore                                                                                               |                        18.68 |                                14.94 |
|      6 | Construction of Grade Separator at Rani Jhansi Road (Project Cost Rs. 200.00 crore. Approved UDF funding Rs. 85.00 crore).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |                       200    |                                85    |

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