Lok Sabha Question No. 4960 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-25
Subject: Resident Settlement in Naya Raipur
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Narayana Swamy Abbaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QYESTION NO. 4960 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 25, 2021 RESIDENT SETTLEMENT IN NAYA RAIPUR

NO. 4960.        SHRI A. NARAYANA SWAMY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has information on the delay of the resident settlement in the city of Naya Raipur (Atal Nagar) in Chhattisgarh  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the manner in which the Government is planning to address the issue;
- (b) the  stipulated  time  by  which  the  city  can  be  expected  to open for the homeowners and property owners; and
- (c)
- the details on the provision of basic amenities thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a):  Urban  Development  is  a  State  subject.  Central  Government assists States/UTs/cities through various Missions/Schemes.

As  per  the  information  provided  by  Government  of  Chhattisgarh, Nava Raipur Atal Nagar Vikas Yojana 2031 projected the population component of Nava Raipur Atal Nagar (in Layer - 1 consisting of 40 sectors)  at  1,50,000  by  year  2011,  3,65,000  by  year  2021  and 5,60,000 by year 2031. It is further informed  that the State Government is aware of the slow growth in resident population in the city. In order to accelerate the growth of population in the city, the following activities have been carried out by the State Government:

- i. Implementation of city level roads along with city levelinfrastructure has been completed  and developed sector level infrastructure has been implemented in priority sectors as well.
- ii. Provisions for amenities in education and health sector.
- iii. Development of non-polluting and IT industries to generate employment opportunities in sectors 5 and 22.
- iv. Lease  rent  incentive  policy  has  been  proposed  to  reduce lease rent from 2% to 0.5% and 1% as per landuse.
- v. Sector  level  infrastructure  cost  has  been  reviewed  and rationalized to cut down overall premium rate of plots of all landuses.
- vi. Several critical  projects  like  warehouse  and  logistic park, civic  centre,  large  industries,  colleges  and  professional educational institution, hospitals and super-speciality research  centres  arebeing  opened  up  at  discounted  rates to attract investors.
- vii. In  order  to  connect  Raipur  and  Nava  Raipur,  the  area  in between has been identified and being planned under the Govt.of Indiafunded Town Planning Scheme.

(b): As per the information provided by Government of Chhattisgarh, the city is already open for home-owners and property owners. The details are as follows:

-  Sectors 27 and 29 are already inhabited
- 
- Habitation in Sectors 26, 30, 17 and 12 is in progress
- 
- Presently Sector 15 is being developed

(c): As per the information provided by Government of Chhattisgarh, the details of provision of basic amenities are as follows:

## I.

## Physical Infrastructure:

-  City-level road-works: 100 km of 6 and 4 lanes (ROW 100m and 60m)  road network  completed, 15 km  is under progress.  It  includes  track  of  NMT  plantation  and  Utility
- corridor on both sides.
-  Water Supply: With perennial source of supply from Mahanadi  river,24  x  7  fully  pressurized  supply  system, hydro pneumatic pumpingsystem, closed loop water supply & sectorial interconnectivity

-  Sewerage: Nava Raipur is Zero discharge city with separate networks for Sewerage, Storm Water & Recycled Water,  door  to  doordomestic  waste  water  collection,  5 Nos decentralized SCAD Aenabled STPs, scalable capacity ranges  from  5  MLD  to  25  MLD  andabove;  Provisions  for manhole monitoring sensors.
-  Street-Lighting: 85 km of ICCC controlled LED street-light network; 33 km under progress.
-  Power Supply: Uninterrupted power supply via 12 indoorsubstations and 200 distribution transformers, underground cable network (150km of 33 & 11 KV); solar power generation (2.4 MW) atroof top of govt. buildings.
-  Transport: The robust BRTS system is in place to facilitate ease inmovement.

## II. Social Infrastructure:

-  There are 12 schools, 6 colleges/ Universities, 3 Hospitals already functional.
-  Recreational  Facilities:  As  high  as  25%  of  the  land  is dedicated torecreational landuse.
-  Entertainment:  There  are  ample  entertainment  facilities such  as  Jungle  Safari,  Purkhauti  Muktangan  Open  Tribal Museum,  Central  Parks,  Ekatm  Path,  Musical  fountain show, restaurants.
-  CBD:  Central  Business  District  is  being  developed  as Commercial Hub of the city.

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