Lok Sabha Question No. 2290 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-31
Subject: Encroachment on DDA Land
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL, P.R. SUNDARAM, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2290.

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 31, 2018

## ENCROACHMENT ON DDA LAND

No.2290:   SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI NATUBHAI GOMANBHAI PATEL:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

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

- (a) whether many acres of DDA land falling in various zones is under encroachment;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  each  of  the  last  three  years, location-wise;
- (c)  whether  DDA  land  is  encroached  in  connivance  with  the  DDA officials  and  if  so,  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any inquiry, taken action against the officials and adopted measures to remove encroachment on the land;
- (d) whether the DDA has leased out land to Government agencies/departments and if so, the details thereof, location-wise; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government to digitalize the DDA land record and make it free from encroachment?

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## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a)  to  (e):  Delhi  Development  Authority  (DDA)  has  informed  that approximately 1,499.53 acres of DDA land falling in its various zones i.e. North, East, West, Rohini, South East and South West Zones, is under encroachment in Delhi.   DDA has stated that prompt action is taken for removal of encroachment with the help of police as and when any encroachment is noticed/ reported. The Ministry has also constituted  a  Special  Task  Force  (STF)  on  25.04.2018  under  the chairmanship of Vice Chairman, DDA with members from all the local bodies,  Delhi  Police,  Secretary  Revenue/  Divisional  Commissioner, Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD) etc., with the objective, inter-alia, to identify encroachments on Government land in different localities of National Capital Territory of Delhi and reclaiming  the  encroached  Government  land.  An  Action  Plan  has been issued by the Ministry on 23.05.2018, which, inter-alia, devolves responsibility  on  officers  of  the  local  bodies  including  DDA  for checking, controlling and taking effective remedial actions in case of illegal and unauthorised construction within their jurisdiction in Delhi and in case they are found lax in their duties, disciplinary action (including  suspension)  and  action  under  Section  13(1)(d)  of  the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 can be initiated against them.

Further,  the  following  steps  have  been  taken  by  DDA  to  check unauthorized encroachments and to digitize its land records:

- (i) Uploading of photographs of vacant land on monthly basis.
- (ii) Construction of boundary walls/ fencing on vacant lands and prominent display of signboards.
- (iii) Constitution of Quick Response Team for early detection & removal of encroachments.
- (iv) Development  of  Mobile  App  to  ensure  timely  detection/ reporting of encroachments.
- (v) Social vigilant teams have been constituted to seek assistance of general public in protection and management of DDA land.
- (vi) The record of acquired land of 240 villages of Delhi is available in the form of Digitalised Syzra Maps/ Massavies and Khasrawise acquired land.
- (vii) 'Bhumi Software' of DDA contains land records in digital form. The details of land leased out by DDA in various locations of Delhi to Government Agencies / Departments, are as follows:

| Sl. No.   | Government Agencies/ Departments   | Purposes                             |   Number of Allotments |   Total area in Acres (Approx.) |
|-----------|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1.        | 2.                                 | 3.                                   |                      4 |                               5 |
| 1.        | Municipal                          | Primary School                       |                     75 |                              83 |
|           | Corporations of                    | Community Hall                       |                     66 |                              27 |
|           | Delhi                              | Cremation/ Buriyal Ground/ Graveyard |                      9 |                              17 |
| 2.        | Directorate of Education, GNCTD    | Senior Secondary School              |                    146 |                             465 |
|           |                                    | College/ Higher Education            |                     40 |                             362 |

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|   1. | 2.                                                                               | 3.                                 |   4. |    5. |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|------|-------|
|    3 | Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan                                                     | Senior Secondary School            |   17 |  68   |
|    4 | Delhi Police                                                                     | Various purposes                   |  124 | 435   |
|    5 | Delhi Fire Service                                                               | Fire Station / Fire post           |   33 |  42   |
|    6 | Central & State Government / Local Bodies                                        | Various purposes                   |  175 | 360   |
|    7 | Directorate of Health Department, GNCTD/ Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) | Hospital/ Dispensaries             |   98 | 205   |
|    8 | Power Department, GNCTD                                                          | Power Sub Station/ ESS             |  130 |  63   |
|    9 | Transport Department, GNCTD                                                      | Bus Depot/ Terminal                |   64 | 346   |
|   10 | Department of Post, Government of India                                          | Post Office                        |   48 |  36   |
|   11 | Para Military Forces                                                             | Various purposes                   |   21 | 261   |
|   12 | Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited                                                | Telephone Exchange/ Staff Quarters |   33 |  47   |
|   13 | Ministry of Culture                                                              | Delhi Public Library               |    6 |   7.5 |
|   14 | Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for Phase - I, II & III                             | Station/ Viaduct, Terminal etc.    |  123 | 580   |

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