Lok Sabha Question No. 330 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 330

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 05, 2019

## BASIC FACILITIES IN SLUM AREAS

## No. 330 SHRI LALLU SINGH:

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

- a) whether  the  people  living  in  slums  in  various  States  of  the country are living in miserable condition;
- b) if so, whether the Government proposes to take any effective steps to provide necessary basic facilities such as electricity, good  environment,  sewer,  water  etc.  to  the  people  living  in slums in the country, especially in metropolitan cities; and
- c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(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 AwasYojana (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 AMRUT, of water supply in the selected Mission cities.   Under State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) of size of Rs. 77,640 crore,

including the Central Assistance of Rs. 35,990 crore have been approved  for  all  the  States/UTs  for  the  entire  Mission  period. Against the total plan size of Rs. 77,640 crore, Rs. 39,011 crore has been allocated for water supply sector and Rs. 32,456 crore to  sewerage  and  sepatage  management  sector.  So  far,  1,246 projects worth Rs. 2,826 crore have been completed. Contracts have been awarded and work is in progress for 3,203 projects worth Rs. 56,978 crore. 607 projects worth Rs. 11,108 crore are under tendering.

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, 54,64,727units  of  Individual  Household  Toilets  (IHHT)  have been  constructed  and  another  7,41,906IHHT  units  are  under construction. The number of Community/Public Toilets (CT/PT) constructed is 4,64,250seats, while another 39,374 CT/PT seats are under  construction. So  far,  23  States/UTs  have  been declared Open  Defecation  Free (ODF) and there are 635 centralized Waste to Compost (WtC) plants functional with the output  capacity  of 40.47 lakhs  tons  per  year  (TPA)  and  seven Waste to Energy (WtE) plants with the output capacity of 88.40 Mega Watt.

Under 'In-Situ' Slum Redevelopment (ISSR) component of PMAY(U) mission, there is a provision to provide all weather pucca houses to all eligible urban homeless householdsincluding slumdwellers. 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.  So  far,  Central Assistance  of  Rs.  1,06,597.63  crore  has  been  sanctioned  for construction of 70,02,568 houses across the country for Economically  Weaker  Section  (EWS)  including  slum  dwellers under  PMAY(U).  Out  of  Central  Assistance  of  Rs.  1,06,597.63 crore, Rs. 21,995.69 crore has been sanctioned for construction of 14,62,530 houses in all 53 metropolitan cities of the country.

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