Lok Sabha Question No. 847 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-07
Subject: Unauthorised Construction
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.847

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018

## UNAUTHORISED CONSTRUCTION

847. SHRI  RAHUL SHEWALE: SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  unauthorised  construction  /  encroachment  on  the  land  under  the management of Defence Estate Organisation has increased in the country during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  defence  land  encroached  in  such  cases across the country, State / UT-wise and year-wise and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the extent to which the Government  has removed the said unauthorised construction / encroachment along with the number of such illegal occupants punished during the said period, State / UT-wise;
- (d) the  mechanism  put  in  place  by  the  Government  to  prevent  such  unauthorised construction / encroachment on defence land in the country; and
- (e) the  other  corrective  steps  taken  /  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect defence land from unauthorized construction / encroachment from land sharks?
- (a) & (b): No,  Madam.    There  is  no  increase  in  encroachment  on  land under  the  management  of  Directorate  General  of  Defence  Estates  during each of the last three years and the current year.
- (c) State / UT-wise details of unauthorised constructions and encroachment removed along with the number of such illegal occupants punished  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  (upto 31.01.2018) are given in Annexure-'A'.

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

:  2  :

## (d) & (e): The Government has undertaken the following steps to check encroachment:

- (i) Strengthening of Defence land management by way of digitization of land records; Survey, demarcation and verification of defence lands and land Audit. (ii) Issue  of  detailed  instructions  by  the  Government  emphasizing the need for ensuring vigilance, detection and prevention of new encroachments. (iii)  Removal of encroachments on defence land under the provisions of  Public  Premises  (Eviction  of  Unauthorized  Occupants)  Act,
- 1971 as well as under the Cantonment Act, 2006.

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## ANNEXURE-A  REFERRED  IN  THE  REPLY  GIVEN  IN  PART  (c)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 847 FOR ANSWER ON 7.2.2018

State  /  UT-wise  area  /  extant  of  Defence  land  under  the  management  of Directorate  General  of  Defence  Estates  from  which  encroachment  have been removed from 2015-2017 and upto 31.1.2018:

| Name of State-UT   | Number and Area of encroachment as removed   | Number and Area of encroachment as removed   | No. of persons punished   |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|                    | Number                                       | Area (in acres)                              |                           |
| 1                  | 2                                            | 3                                            | 4                         |
| Bihar              | 104                                          | 2.7828                                       | 0                         |
| Delhi              | 1                                            | 0.056                                        | 0                         |
| Gujarat            | 4                                            | 0.01                                         | 0                         |
| Haryana            | 16                                           | 61.11636                                     | 0                         |
| Himachal Pradesh   | 22                                           | 39.8525                                      | 0                         |
| Jammu & Kashmir    | 2                                            | 0.0211                                       | 0                         |
| Karnataka          | 7                                            | 0.0159                                       | 0                         |
| Kerala             | 3                                            | 0.083                                        | 0                         |
| Madhya Pradesh     | 2051                                         | 27.99302                                     | 13                        |
| Maharashtra        | 62                                           | 13.22625                                     | 0                         |
| Meghalaya          | 18                                           | 0.34717                                      | 0                         |
| Punjab             | 55                                           | 49.277                                       | 3                         |
| Rajasthan          | 22                                           | 0.6068                                       | 3                         |
| Tamil Nadu         | 19                                           | 1.1622                                       | 0                         |
| Telangana          | 35                                           | 3.9561                                       | 0                         |
| Uttar Pradesh      | 196                                          | 174.97527                                    | 0                         |
| Uttarakhand        | 20                                           | 8.678385                                     | 0                         |
| West Bengal        | 3                                            | 0.0179                                       | 0                         |
| Total:             | 2640                                         | 384.177755                                   | 19                        |

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