Lok Sabha Question No. 5023 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Unsafe and Disaster Prone Buildings
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ajay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5023 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 25, 2021 UNSAFE AND DISASTER PRONE BUILDINGS

NO. 5023.  SHRI AJAY BHATT:

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

- (a) whether any step has been taken/being taken to identify unsafe memorials, residential buildings and other buildings and if so, the details thereof including such buildings found unsafe;
- (b) whether the Government has constructed/ proposes to construct earthquake-resistant  houses/ buildings  in  the  country  and  if  so, the  details  along  with  the  percentage  thereof  in  comparison  to the totalconstruction, State-wise;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  chalk-out  rehabilitationprogramme  and  to  set  up  relief  fund  after  assessing  the  loss suffered on account of earthquakes and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details  of  the  earthquake  prone  areas  of  the  country, State/location-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) No  Sir.  Land  and  Colonisation  isa  State  subject.  Details  regarding identification of unsafe memorials, residential buildings and other buildingsrest withthe respective State/Union Territory Governments concerned.

(b) No Sir. The construction activities are regulated by the building byelaws  of  the  respective  States/  Urban  Local  Bodies  concerned.  For  the guidance of the States, the Ministry has issued Model Building Bye-Laws (MBBL)  2016.  Chapter  6  of  MBBL  -  'Provisions  for  Structural  Safety' contains  the  standards  to  be  followed  for  construction  of  earthquake resistant buildings.

(c) Rehabilitation is a State subject. Details regarding the rehabilitation programme  and  the  setting-up  of  relief  fund,  rest  with  the  respective State/ Union Territory Governments concerned.

(d) According  to  the  Seismic  Zoning  Map  of  India,  prepared  by  the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the country is divided into four Seismic Zones viz. Zone V, IV, III and II. Out of these zones, Zone V exhibits the highest seismic risk and Zone II the least. Details of states and areas in the country falling in different Seismic Zones are given in the Annexure.

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## Annexure

Annexure referred to Part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5023 to be answered on 25.03.2021 regarding Unsafe and Disaster Prone Buildings Details of states and areas in the country falling in different Seismic Zones

| Zone V   | Parts of UT of Jammu and Kashmir (Kashmir valley), western part of Himachal Pradesh, Eastern part of Uttarakhand, Rann of Kutch in Gujarat, part of northern Bihar, all northeastern states of India and Andaman & Nicobar Islands                                                                                                                                                    |
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| Zone IV  | Remaining parts of UT of Jammu & Kashmir, UT of Ladakh; remaining part of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand; Some parts of Haryana; parts of Punjab; Delhi; Sikkim; northern part of Uttar Pradesh; small portions of Bihar and West Bengal; parts of Gujarat and small portions of Maharashtra near the west coast and small part of western Rajasthan                                |
| Zone III | Kerala, Goa, Lakshadweep islands, some parts of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, remaining parts of Gujarat and Punjab, some part of West Bengal, part of western Rajasthan, part of Madhya Pradesh, remaining part of Bihar, northern parts of Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh, parts of Maharashtra, parts of Odisha, parts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka |
| Zone II  | Remaining Parts of Rajasthan and Haryana, remaining parts of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, remaining parts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, remaining parts of Telangana and Karnataka, remaining parts of Tamil Nadu                                                                                                                                                                  |

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