Lok Sabha Question No. 85 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-24
Subject: Basic Facilities in Slum Areas
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: LALLU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 85

TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 24, 2018

## BASIC FACILITIES IN SLUM AREAS

## No. 85* SHRI LALLU SINGH:

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

- a) whether the Government has taken or proposes to take any steps to provide basic facilities like sewer, healthy atmosphere,  electricity,  water,  etc.  for  the  people  living  in
2. slum areas;
- b) if so, the details thereof; and
- c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

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

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 85* FOR 24.07.2018 REGARDING 'BASIC FACILITIES IN SLUM AREAS'

(a) to  (c):  'Land'  and  'Colonisation'  are  State  subjects  and therefore it is the responsibility of the State/Union Territory (UT) Governments to frame policies and implement schemes for improving the living conditions of slum dwellers. However,  Government  of  India  through  its  programmatic interventions  viz.  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban Transformation  (AMRUT),  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  -  Urban (SBM-U) and Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) {PMAY(U)} Mission,  has  been  making  overarching  efforts  by  assisting States/ UTs in providing housing and basic civic amenities to the urban poor including slum dwellers of towns/ cities of the country.

AMRUT focuses on water supply, sewerage & septage management, storm water drainage, parks & green spaces and  non-motorized  urban  transport  in  500  Mission  cities across  the  country.  The  main  priority  under  AMRUT  is universal coverage of water supply in the selected Mission cities.

Under AMRUT, in the water supply sector, contracts for 737 projects worth Rs. 24,659 crore have been awarded and 60 projects  worth  Rs.  262  crore  have  been  completed.  In  the sewerage  and  septage  management  sector,  contracts  for 357 projects worth Rs. 17,636 crore have been awarded and 12 projects worth Rs.176 crore have been completed. In the three  other  sectors  (storm  water  drainage,  non-motorised urban transport and  green  spaces  and  parks  sectors) contracts for 1,554 projects worth Rs. 2,797 crore have been awarded  and  530  projects  worth  Rs.332  crore  have  been completed.

Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U) mainly aims at making urban India free from open defecation and achieving 100% scientific management of municipal solid waste in all 4,041 statutory towns of the country. Under SBM-U, 50,04,098 units of Individual Household Toilets (IHHT) have been constructed  and another 7,62,556 IHHT units are under construction. The number of Community/Public Toilets (CT/PT) constructed is 3,78,444 seats, while another 35,599

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CT/PT  seats  are  under  construction.  No  separate  data  is maintained specifically for slum areas. However, most of the beneficiaries  of  IHHT  and  nearly  100%  beneficiaries  of Community Toilets are residents of slum area.

Under 'In-Situ' Slum Rehabilitation (ISSR) component of PMAY(U) mission, there is a provision to provide all weather pucca  houses  to  all  eligible  urban  homeless  households including  slum  dwellers.  PMAY(U)  mission  envisages  that houses  constructed  by  the  States/UTs  should  have  basic civic  infrastructure  like  water,  sanitation,  sewerage,  road, electricity etc. Under PMAY(U) mission, houses are considered to be complete only when civic facilities such as power  supply,  water  supply  and  drainage/sanitation  are provided and a confirmation to this effect has been received. Under ISSR component of PMAY(U), Central Assistance of Rs. 6512.48 crore has been approved for construction of 4,32,500 houses and Central Assistance of Rs. 2686.18 crore has been released.  Out  of    4,32,500  sanctioned  houses,  1,52,271 houses have been grounded, 77,105 houses are completed and 49,477 houses are occupied.

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