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Lok Sabha Question No. 78 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Multiple E-challans on Delhi-Meerut Expressway
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Bhola Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 78

ANSWERED ON 21 ST  NOVEMBER, 2019

## MULTIPLE E-CHALLANS ON DELHI-MEERUT EXPRESSWAY

## *78. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

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be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  a  large  number  of  multiple  e-challans  have  been/are  being  generated  against  the same vehicle on Delhi-Meerut Expressway (DME) and if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (b)  whether  these  e-challans  are  generated  30-35  days  after  committing  of  offence  due  to improper communication and as a result, offenders remain uninformed and suddenly are flooded with multiple challans and get scared;
- (c) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) the number of e-challans generated on DME in Delhi since its inception, month-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to increase the speed limit of light motor vehicles from the existing 70 km/hr. to 100 km/hr. on the said expressway and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)  to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (e)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  78  ANSWERED  ON  21.11.2019  ASKED  BY  SHRI  VINOD KUMAR SONKAR AND OTHERS REGARDING MULTIPLE E-CHALLANS ON DELHIMEERUT EXPRESSWAY

(a)  and  (d)  As  per  the  information  available  in  the  e-challan  database  of  National  Informatics Centre  (NIC),  during  the initial stage  of  implementation  of  the e-challaning  system  based  on Camera/Red Light Violation Detection (RLVD) etc, duplicate challan notices were generated due  to  the  involvement  of  multiple  agencies in  this  process.  Such  identified duplicate challan notices have been dropped from the system.

(b)  and  (c)  In online  e-challan  system,  e-challan/  Notices  are  generated  after  the  enforcement team manually scruitnise each violation with the electronic feed of the camera system which had captured  the  violations.  After  the  initial  inception  of  the  online  e-challan  system  and  certain technical  issues  which  have  now  been  resolved,  the  online  system  is  generating  challans  with reduced time gap after capture of violations.

(e) No such proposal is under consideration in the Ministry.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 77 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Implementation of PMAY
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Hibi Eden

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 77

## TO BE ANSWERED ON NOVEMBER 21, 2019 IMPLEMENTATION OF PMAY

## NO.  *77 SHRI HIBI EDEN:

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

- (a) whether the implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) has been successful and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to increase the interest subsidy for the first time home buyers in urban areas and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the current status of the Rajiv Awas Yojana?

## 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 House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (a) to (c) OF THE LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *77  FOR  ANSWER  ON 21.11.2019 REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF PMAY.

- (a) Yes  Sir.  Under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  (Urban) [PMAY(U)], against an assessed demand of around 1.12 Crore houses  in  urban  areas  of  the  States/UTs,  93.00  lakh  houses have so far been sanctioned, of which 55.40 lakh houses have been grounded and 28.06 lakh houses have been

completed/occupied. (b) No Sir. Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) has been discontinued and liabilities against  the  183  ongoing    RAY  projects  have  been  subsumed  in

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- (c) PMAY(U).
Lok Sabha Question No. 70 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Quality Audit of Works
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara

O.I.H.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *70 TO BE ANSWERED ON NOVEMBER 21, 2019.

## QUALITY AUDIT OF WORKS

NO. *70 SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA :

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

- (a) Whether  the  Government  conducts  any  quality  audit/  check regarding  the  works  being  carried  out  in  the  Government accommodations by the Central Public Works Department and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  said  works  are  allocated  on  the  basis  of  open tender by the said department and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the quality of Government works gets affected due to the collusion of the officers of the Department and contractors; and
- (d) if  so,  whether the Government proposes to take any steps to ensure  quality  control  in  such  cases  and  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 (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY OF PARTS (a) to (d) OF THE LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *70  FOR  ANSWER  ON 21.11.2019 REGARDING QUALITY AUDIT OF WORKS.

- (a) & (b):

Yes Sir.

- (c) & (d): The Central Public Works Department (CPWD) has a well established  Quality  Assurance  System  to  undertake  quality check.    No  collusion  between  officers  of  Department  and contractors has come to the notice.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 69 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: New Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed, Alok Kumar Suman

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. : 69 (To be answered on the November 2019) 21st

## NEW AIRPORTS

SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED DR. ALOK KUMAR SUMAN

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number of new airports proposed for modernization and construction in the States of West Bengal and Bihar, location-wise;
- (c) whether the Union Government has acceded or proposes to accede to the request of the Government of Bihar for restarting/opening of the Sabeya airport under the UDAN scheme; and
- (b) whether the Government proposes to revive the non-operational Sabeya Airport in Hathua;, Bihar and Malda Airport in West Bengal and if the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) if the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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Statement in reply to parts (a) to (d) of the Starred Question No. 69 for answer on 21.11.2019 regarding 'New Airports"

- (a): Modernization/Upgradation of airports is a continuous process and is undertaken by Airports Authority % india (AAI) and concerned private operators from time to time depending on the availability of land, commercial viability, socio-economic considerations, traffic demand willingness of airlines to operate to/from such airports. AAI has   undertaken the modernisation/upgradation of its airports at Patna, Darbhanga (Civil Enclave); Raxaul and in Bihar and Bagdogra (Civil Enclave) and Cooch Behar in West Bengal; Further, State Government of Bihar has also handed over 108 acre Of land to AAT for construction 0f new Civil Enclave (CE) at Air Force Station Bihta and AAI has appointed Project Management Consultant (PMC) for terminal building design and side development: Gaya city
- (b) to (d): Government of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) in October, 2016 with the objective to facilitate [stimulate regional air connectivity to underserved and unserved airports. The revival of airstripslairports is "demand driven depending upon firm commitment from airline operators as well a8 from the State Government for providing various concessions Sabeya (Hathwa) Airstrip in Gopalganj District of Bihar and Malda airport in West Bengai are available in the list of unserved airports in RCS document: However; no airline has submitted the proposal to operate RCS flight from Sabeya (Hathwa) as well as Malda airstrips under is under consideration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 67 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: New International Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: M V V Satyanarayana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 67 (To be answered on the 21st November 2019)

## NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

## *67. SHRI MV.V. SATYANARAYANA

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government had approved construction of a new international airport at Bhogapuram in Vizianagaram district of Andhra Pradesh in February, 2015 and if s0, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of bidders who have submitted their bids for the above work;
- (b) the quantum of funds earmarked, released/to be released for construction of the said airport including rehabilitation works;
- (d) whether the contractlwork has been finalized and awarded and if the reasons for delay in commencing the works; and
- (e) whether any time-line has been fixed to complete this airport and if $0, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House

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Statement in reply to part () to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Q.No. 67 for 21.11.2019 regarding New International Airport

(a): Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government %f India granted in principle'

was the bidder.

approval to Bhogapuram International Airport Corporation Limited (BIACL) now Andhra Pradesh Airports Development Corporation Limited (APADCL) for setting up of Bhogapuram International Greenfield Airport for public use in Vizianagaram District, near Visakhapatnam on 07.10.2016. (b): MIs: APADCL; which is the nodal agency to implement the project, has informed that an amount of Rs.856.00 crore has been invested s0 far for the Bhogapuram International Airport project; towards land acquisition, rehabilitation works and repayment of interest on HUDCO loan. GMR Airports Limited and (iii) GVK Airports Holdings Limited submitted their bids for the proposed Greenfield Airport at Bhogapuram Mls. GMR Airports Limited quoted the highest per passenger bid and winning

(d): The State Government of Andhra Pradesh who is the project proponent for this greenfield airport has informed that they have not awarded the project yet:

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(e): The timeline for construction of an airport project depends upon several factors like land acquisition; availability of mandatory clearances; selection of the developer, financial closure; etc: by the implementing agency ie APADCL in case of Bhogapuram Greenfield Airport
Lok Sabha Question No. 66 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Construction of Ring Roads
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Umesh G. Jadhav

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposal for construction of ring roads in the State of Karnataka;
- (b) if so, the names of districts included therein for construction of new ring roads;
- (c) the total cost likely to be incurred on the construction of these ring roads;
- (d) whether the Government has prepared any Detailed Project Report for this purpose; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 66

ANSWERED ON 21 ST  NOVEMBER, 2019

## CONSTRUCTION OF RING ROADS

## *66. DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to (e)  A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  66  ON  21 st   NOVEMBER,  2019  ASKED  BY  DR.  UMESH  G.  JADHAV REGARDING ' CONSTRUCTION OF RING ROADS '

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- (a) to (e)  Government of  India  had  approved  Bharatmala  Pariyojana  Phase-I  in  October,  2017  for development of highway stretches with an aggregate length of about 34,800 km (including 10,000  km  residual  NHDP  stretches)  at  an  estimated  outlay  of  Rs.  5,35,000.00  crores. Under  Bharatmala  Pariyojana,  28  nos.  Ring  Roads  as  well  as  191  nos.  of  choke points/congestion points have been identified for development.  There is also provision in Bharatmala  Pariyojana  to  take  the  projects  under  Grand  Challenge  Mechanism  on  the request of respective State Governments, if they are ready to bear at least 50% cost of land acquisition.

Under  Bharatmala  Pariyojana,  there  is  provision  of  02  nos.  ring  roads  at  Bangalore (passing  through  Bangalore  rural,  Bangalore  urban,  Ramnagara  districts  in  the  state  of Karnataka and Krishangiri district in Tamil Nadu) and Belgaum (in the Belgavi district) as well  as  interventions  at  Bellary,  Hospet,  Hubli,  Dharwad,  Hassan,  Mangalore  (Dakshina Kannada district), Udupi cities etc. in the State of Karnataka. The preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) for Bangalore Ring Road, Belgaum Ring Road and intervention at Mangalore  city  (Ring  Road)  has  been  initiated  for  finalisation  of  Plan  &  Profile,  Cost Estimates, Bid Documents, Land Acquisition requirements etc. As per initial estimation, cost for Bangalore Ring Road is about Rs. 7906 crores and for Mangalore city Ring Road is about Rs. 3280 crores. Cost for Belgaum Ring Road has not been estimated.

Development  of  highway  stretches  is  taken  up  post  finalisation  of  alignment,  cost estimates, land acquisition requirement etc. based on outcome of Detailed Project Report (DPR)/ Feasibility Study, project viability, inter-se-priority and availability of funds.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 65 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Patna Metro Rail Project
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, Kaushalendra Kumar

(a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *65

TO BE ANSWERED ON NOVEMBER 21, 2019

## PATNA METRO RAIL PROJECT

NO. *65. SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH: SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has sanctioned Rs. 16,960 crore for the metro rail project in Patna, Bihar;
- (b) if so, the present status of this project and the total amount released so far in this regard;
- (c) whether any time limit has been fixed for the completion of this project and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the total length (in kilometers) of the said project and the number of phases through which it is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

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

to (d)   A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *65  FOR  ANSWER  ON NOVEMBER  21,  2019  REGARDING  PATNA  METRO  RAIL  PROJECT ASKED BY SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH AND SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

(a) to  (d):  The  Government  of  India  has  sanctioned  Patna  Metro Rail Project in February, 2019 with total completion cost of Rs 13,365.77 crores and project completion period of 5 years. The project envisages construction of two corridors namely Danapur to Mithapur and Patna Railway Station to New ISBT with  total length of 31.39 km in one phase. Patna Metro Rail Corporation  Limited  (PMRC)  has  entered  into  an  agreement with Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Limited (DMRC) for execution of the project on deposit terms in September, 2019. DMRC has started the preparatory work. So far, an amount of Rs  50  crore  has  been  released  as  equity    by  the  Central Government to PMRC.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 920 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Audit of NRDWP
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.920 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2019

## Audit of NRDWP

## 920. SHRI T.R. BAALU:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  Performance  Audit  of  the  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme (NRDWP) for the period 2012-13 to 2016-17 has been conducted and report submitted by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India;

(b)if so, the details and the deficiencies pointed out by the Audit;

(c)  whether  the  targets  of  providingdrinking  water  by  December,  2017  to  allRural Habitations, Government Schools andAnganwadis to have access to safe drinkingwater, have been achieved;

(d)if so, the details thereof,State-wise; and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

(a) Yes Sir.

(b)  Performance  audit  report  of  CAG  has  made  some  observations  which  may  be categorized into the following:

- i.) Planning related observations: Non-preparation of state specific sector policy framework, water security plan, delayed submission ofannual action plans, nonconstitution of State Water and Sanitation Mission (SWSM) and not conducting periodic State Level Scheme Sanctioning Committee (SLSSC), etc.
- ii.) Fund management related observations: Some states either did not release their share or delayed the releases, delayed submission of proposals for release of fund &utilization certificates by States, stipulated fund flow mechanism was not  followed,  fund  released  by  the  Centre  and  the  State  were  not  routed through SWSM, etc.
- iii.)  Programme  implementation  related  observations:  Delay  in  completion  of schemes, lack of coordination,  knowledge  & skill and non-preparation/ implementation of support activity plans etc. iv.) Monitoring and Evaluation related observations: Non-functioning of schemes,  non-formation  of  Village  Water  &  Sanitation  Committee,  lack  of coverage in institutions, Data discrepancy and inconsistency etc. as revealed by evaluation studies. (c)  &  (d)  Under  erstwhile  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP),  as reported  by  States/  UTs,  as  on  01.04.2018  out  of  total  17.25  lakh  rural  habitations, interalia covering  Government  schools  and  anganwadis,13.61  lakh  habitations  were fully covered with provision of 40 litre or more per capita per day (lpcd) and around 3 lakh habitations were partially covered, i.e. with provision of less than 40 lpcd whereas 64,743 habitations were having water quality issues. (e) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 918 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Identification of Linguistic Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Raju Bista

## 918.    SHRI RAJU BISTA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of the process of identification of a community as a Linguistic Minority;
- (b)   the progress made on the recent request to 'Preserve Heritage Minority Religious Sites' in the North Bengal particularly in the districts of Darjeeling, Kalimpong and North Dinajpur; and
- (c)   the steps taken by the Government to establish a 'Dedicated Centre for Linguistic Minority Empowerment' in Kurseong district of North Bengal?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a)  Linguistic Minorities have not been defined either in the Constitution of India or by the Statute. However, Article 29 and 30 of the Constitution provide for protection of interest of minorities which includes Linguistic Minorities  also.

The working definition followed by the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities   is as follows:-' Linguistic Minorities are group or collectivities of individuals residing in the territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language or script of their own. The language of the minority group need not be one of the twenty two languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. In other words, linguistic minorities at the State level mean any group or groups of people whose mother tongues are different from the principal language of the State, and at the district and taluka/tehsil levels, different from the principal language of the district or taluka/ tehsil concerned.'

The State/UT wise, broad linguistic profile is available in the 52 nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities (CLM).

- (b)  There are two  centrally protected monuments namely (i) Tomb of Alexander-Cosma de Koros and  (ii)  Tomb  of  General  Llhyod  in  the  District  of  Darjeeling  under  Archeological  Survey  of India (ASI).   There is no centrally protected monument in the District of Kalimpong and North Dinajpur under ASI.    Day to day maintenance upkeep works of the aforesaid two monuments in Darjeeling District are undertaken.
- (c)   No, Sir.  No such Centre for Linguistic Minority Empowerment in Kurseong district  has been approved by the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 918 TO BE ANSWERED ON  21-11-2019

## Identification of Linguistic Minorities