Lok Sabha Question No. 1486 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Unauthorized Construction
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1486 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH      DECEMBER, 2017

## UNAUTHORIZED CONSTRUCTION

†1486. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  State-wise  total  number  of  cases  of  unauthorised  construction  on  the  land possessed  by  Telecommunication  Department  which  have  come  to  the  notice  of  the Government during each of the last three years and the current year; and
- (b) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to stop unauthorised construction on the said land?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) State-wise cases  of unauthorized  construction on  the land  of  Department  of Telecommunications and its Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) are detailed in Annexure.
- (b) Action/legal proceedings have already been  initiated to remove  unauthorized construction. Further, preventive action has also been taken to protect Government/PSUs land by construction of compound walls, barbed wire fencing, watch & ward at sites, etc.

Contd…2/-

## LOK SABHA PQ NO 1486 for 27/12/2017

| Year        | circle         | Number of cases of unauthorized construction   | Number of cases of unauthorized construction   | Number of cases of unauthorized construction   | Number of cases of unauthorized construction   |
|-------------|----------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|             |                | BSNL                                           | MTNL                                           | Others                                         | Total                                          |
| 2014-15     | NIL            | NIL                                            | NIL                                            | NIL                                            | NIL                                            |
| 2015-16     | NIL            | NIL                                            | NIL                                            | NIL                                            | NIL                                            |
| 2016-17     | Madhya Pradesh | 1                                              | Nil                                            | Nil                                            | 1                                              |
| 2017-18     | Madhya Pradesh | 2                                              | Nil                                            | Nil                                            | 2                                              |
|             | Maharashtra    | Nil                                            | 1                                              | Nil                                            | 1                                              |
| Grand Total | Grand Total    | 3                                              | 1                                              | Nil                                            | 4                                              |

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## ANNEXURE