Lok Sabha Question No. 3252 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-07
Subject: Population in ABD Areas
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

No. 3252.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3252

## TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 7, 2018 POPULATION IN ABD AREAS

SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

- (a)  the  present  population  density  of  Area  Based  Development  (ABD) areas of cities getting benefit under the Smart Cities Mission;
- (b) the estimated increase or decrease in the population density after implementation of the project;
- (c) the time limit set to complete the above ABD, phase-wise and the time by which this project would be completed; and
- (d) whether water, power, gas and municipal taxes would be revised and if so, the details of the estimated rise or reduction thereof, city-wise?

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

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) & (b) :   The  population  density  of  Area  Based  Development  (ABD)

areas of cities getting benefit under Smart Cities Mission is given as Annexure.  The future population density of these cities would depend on  a  number  of  factors  including  implementation  of  various  urban missions.

- (c) In  terms  of  Smart  Cities  Mission  Statement  &  Guidelines,  the duration of the Smart Cities Mission is five years i.e. from Financial Year 2015-16 to Financial Year 2019-20.  The details of projects with their timelines  for  the  selected  100  cities  are  given  in  their  Smart  City Proposals (SCPs) which are available on the Mission's website (www.smartcities.gov.in).

A total of 5,151 projects at an estimated cost of Rs. 2,05,018 crores have been proposed by cities in their Smart City Proposals (SCPs). Of these, 379 projects worth Rs. 7,039 crores have been completed, 732 projects  worth  Rs.  28,137  crores  are  under  implementation  and tendering has started for 436 projects worth Rs. 20,542 crores. The rest are at Detailed Project Report (DPR) stage.

- (d) Water, power, municipal taxes etc. are State subjects.  It is for the State Governments to decide revision of tariffs for these utilities.

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## Annexure referred to in Parts (a) & (b) of the reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3252 to be answered 07.08.2018

## by Shri Rajeshbhai Chudasama regarding Population in ABD Area

|   SN. | Name of City     | Population Density (approx. number of persons per hectare)   |
|-------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Port Blair       | 315                                                          |
|     2 | Kakinada         | 199                                                          |
|     3 | Vishakhapatnam   | 120                                                          |
|     4 | Tirupati         | 371                                                          |
|     5 | Amravati         | 55                                                           |
|     6 | Pasighat         | 40                                                           |
|     7 | Itanagar         | 182                                                          |
|     8 | Guwahati         | 231                                                          |
|     9 | Bhagalpur        | 397                                                          |
|    10 | Patna            | 118                                                          |
|    11 | Muzaffarpur      | 113                                                          |
|    12 | Bihar Sharif     | 167                                                          |
|    13 | Chandigarh       | 88                                                           |
|    14 | Raipur           | 193                                                          |
|    15 | Naya Raipur      | 6                                                            |
|    16 | Bilaspur         | 200                                                          |
|    17 | Silvassa         | 70                                                           |
|    18 | Diu              | 48                                                           |
|    19 | NDMC             | 216                                                          |
|    20 | Panaji           | 71                                                           |
|    21 | Ahmedabad        | 346                                                          |
|    22 | Surat            | 509                                                          |
|    23 | Vadodara         | 146                                                          |
|    24 | Rajkot           | 357                                                          |
|    25 | Gandhinagar      | 63                                                           |
|    26 | Dahod            | 94                                                           |
|    27 | Faridabad        | 243                                                          |
|    28 | Karnal           | 119                                                          |
|    29 | Dharamshala      | 86                                                           |
|    30 | Shimla           | 202                                                          |
|    31 | Srinagar         | 250                                                          |
|    32 | Jammu            | 167                                                          |
|    33 | Ranchi           | 390                                                          |
|    34 | Davanagere       | 364                                                          |
|    35 | Belagavi         | 77                                                           |
|    36 | Hubli-Dharwad    | 292                                                          |
|    37 | Mangaluru        | 170                                                          |
|    38 | Shivamogga       | 137                                                          |
|    39 | Tumakuru         | 78                                                           |
|    40 | Bengaluru        | 240                                                          |
|    41 | Kochi            | 143                                                          |
|    42 | Tiruvanantapuram | 94                                                           |
|    43 | Kavarati         | 51                                                           |
|    44 | Indore           | 400                                                          |
|    45 | Bhopal           | 228                                                          |
|    46 | Jabalpur         | 136 314                                                      |
|    47 | Gwalior          |                                                              |

| 48    | Ujjain              | 212     |
|-------|---------------------|---------|
| 49    | Sagar               | 175     |
| 50    | Satna               | 209     |
| 51    | Pune                | 110     |
| 52    | Solapur             | 356     |
| 53    | Aurangabad          | 306     |
| 54    | Kalyan-Dombivali    | 225     |
| 55    | Nagpur              | 164     |
| 56    | Nashik              | 207     |
| 57    | Thane               | 554     |
| 58    | Pimpri-Chinchwad    | 176     |
| 59    | Imphal              | 346     |
| 60    | Shillong            | 96      |
| 61    | Aizawl              | 185     |
| 62    | Kohima              | 233     |
| 63    | Bhubaneswar         | 115     |
| 64    | Rourkela            | 137     |
| 65    | Puducherry          | 193     |
| 66    | Ludhiana            | 109     |
| 67    | Amritsar            | 940     |
| 68    | Jalandhar           | 142     |
| 69    | Jaipur              | 700     |
| 70    | Udaipur             | 269     |
| 71    | Ajmer               | 148     |
| 72    | Kota                | 172     |
| 73    | Namchi              | 74      |
| 74    | Gangtok             | 197     |
| 75    | Chennai             | 325     |
| 76    | Coimbatore          | 132     |
| 77    | Madurai             | 494     |
| 78    | Salem               | 289     |
| 79    | Thanjavur           | 137     |
| 80    | Vellore             | 183     |
| 81    | Tiruppur            | 182     |
| 82    | Tirunelveli         | 124     |
| 83    | Thoothukudi         | 110     |
| 84    | Tiruchirappalli     | 246     |
| 85    | Erode               | 121     |
| 86    | Warangal            | 61      |
| 87    | Karimnagar          | 61      |
| 88    | Agartala            | 163     |
| 89    | Lucknow             | 213     |
| 90    | Agra                | 161     |
| 91    | Kanpur              | 201     |
| 92    | Varanasi            | 712     |
| 93    | Jhansi              | 174     |
| 94    | Allahabad           | 195     |
| 95    | Aligarh             | 244     |
| 96    | Bareilly            | 165     |
| 97    | Moradabad           | 243     |
| 98 99 | Saharanpur Dehradun | 312 175 |
| 100   | New Town Kolkata    | 29      |