Lok Sabha Question No. 336 (STARRED), answered on 2017-08-09
Subject: Vacant Residential Plots
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: B. SREERAMULU, ANJU BALA

- (b)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *336

TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 09, 2017

## VACANT RESIDENTIAL PLOTS

No. *336           SHRI B. SRIRAMULU: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  completed  survey  of  its
- residential plots lying vacant in Delhi;
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  a number of residential plots are reportedly in illegal  occupation  in  various  parts  of  Delhi  including Mandawali of East Delhi district;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the list of plots lying vacant/subjudice/encroached; and
- (e) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Delhi  Development Authority under Pradhan Mantri Housing Scheme for the poor and needy people during the last two years?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (e):   A statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 336 * FOR 09.08.2017 REGARDING VACANT RESIDENTIAL PLOTS

- (a) & (b): Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and Land & Development Office of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) have  informed  that  they  have  not  conducted  any  survey  of  their residential plots lying vacant  in  Delhi.    Central  Public  Works Department (CPWD) has informed that it has completed survey of 08 plots lying vacant in Delhi with following details:
- (i) 79,237  sq.  mtr.  land  at  Aliganj  Jor  Bagh,  New  Delhi  for proposed redevelopment scheme and construction of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA);
- (ii) 20  acre  land  at  Dev  Nagar,  Karol  Bagh,  New  Delhi  for proposed redevelopment scheme and construction of GPRA;
- (iii)   239.64 acre in Ghitorni, New Delhi proposed for construction
- of residential and non-residential buildings;
- (iv) 750  sq.  mtr.    at  Kaka  Nagar,  New  Delhi  for  construction  of Service Centre;
- (v) 26,092 sq. mtr. at Pocket-I, Deen Dayal Upadhaya Marg, New
- Delhi for construction of GPRA;
- (vi) 4,672 sq. mtr. at Probyn Road, New Delhi for construction of
- GPRA;
- (vii) 38,264 sq.mtr. at Sanjay Basti Timarpur, Delhi (under illegal occupation); and
- (viii) 12,592  sq.  mtr  at  Vasant  Kunj,  New  Delhi  for  proposed construction of GPRA.
- (c) & (d): DDA  has  informed  that  no  illegal  occupation  on  the residential  land  under  its  jurisdiction  in  Delhi  has  been  reported. The management of land falling in Mandawali Village does not come within the jurisdiction of DDA.

CPWD has informed that, out of 79,237 sq. mtr. land at Aliganj Jor Bagh, 8,670 sq. mtr. is under temporary encroachment. About 200 sq. mtr. area at Deen Dayal Upadhaya Marg, New Delhi is occupied by  60  nos.  of  Jhuggies.  38,264  sq.  mtr.  area  at  Sanjay  Basti, Timarpur is under illegal occupation by flood affected people since 1978.

(e):    DDA  has  been  nominated  as  one  of  the  State  Level  Nodal Agency  (SLNA)  for  executing  the  Verticals  under  Pradhan  Mantri Awas  Yojana-Urban  (PMAY-U)  in  Delhi.      DDA  has  signed  the Memorandum  of  Agreement  (MoA)  to  this  effect  with  Ministry  of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation (now Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs) and Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) on  28.04.2017.    The  mandatory  conditions  for  execution  of  the scheme have been incorporated in the Master Plan for Delhi (MPD2021).

DDA has informed that it has planned to achieve construction and development of around 80,000 dwelling units over a period of five years (2018 to 2021) with annual break up as under:

|   Sl. No. |   Year | Tentative number of dwelling units to be constructed/ allotted.                                                                                                    |
|-----------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 |   2017 | 12,000 (Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme of PMAY-U has been incorporated in 'DDA Aawasiya Yojana-2017' in which approximately 12,000 flats are on offer for allotment) |
|         2 |   2018 | 20,000                                                                                                                                                             |
|         3 |   2019 | 14,000                                                                                                                                                             |
|         4 |   2020 | 26,000                                                                                                                                                             |
|         5 |   2021 | 20,000                                                                                                                                                             |

Further,  DDA  has  undertaken  in-situ  development  in  the  following projects:

- i) Construction of 3,024 EWS houses at A-14, Kalkaji Extension where progress of work is around 58%;
2. ii) Construction of 1,675 EWS houses at Jailorwala Bagh, Ashok Vihar; and
3. iii) Development at Kathputli Colony, Shadipur where 2,800 EWS flats will be constructed to rehabilitate the jhuggie dwellers on  in-situ  basis.  The  project  has  been  awarded  to  the Developer  Entity  on  Public  Private  Partnership  (PPP)  mode, treating land as resource.
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