Lok Sabha Question No. 296 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-05
Subject: Satellite Towns
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 296 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 05, 2019

## SATELLITE TOWNS

No. 296.   SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

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

- (a) the  steps  taken  recently  regarding  development  of  satellite towns as counter magnets to populated mega cities;
- (b) whether  satellite  towns/cities  are  identified  around  Delhi  as counter magnets to reduce population burden in Delhi;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  of  such  towns/  cities  along  with  progress made so far in this regard; and
- (d) the achievements made under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban  Renewal  Mission  during  the  last  four  years  in  the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a): The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs implemented a scheme for  Urban  Infrastructure  Development  in  Satellite  Towns  -  Counter Magnets  of  million  Plus  Cities  (UIDSST)  from  June,  2009  to  March, 2018.  The  scheme  aimed  at  providing  basic  urban  infrastructure  in selected  satellite  towns  around  seven  mega  cities  with  the  overall objective of ameliorating pressure on mega cities by improving

infrastructure  and  implementing  reforms.  The  seven  satellite  towns covered  under  the  scheme  are  -  Vikarabad  (Telangana),  Sanand (Gujarat), Sonepat (Haryana), Hoskote (Karnataka), Vasai-Virar (Maharashtra), Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu), Pilkhuwa (Uttar Pradesh)

(b) & (c): The Regional Plan 2021 for National Capital Region, prepared  by  the  National  Capital  Region  Planning  Board  (NCRPB), identified nine Counter Magnet Areas for the National Capital Region, which  are  envisioned  as  interceptors  of  migratory  flows  in  National Capital  Region  and  as  regional  growth  centres.  These  are  Hisar  and Ambala  in  Haryana,  Bareilly  and  Kanpur  in  Uttar  Pradesh,  Kota  and Jaipur in Rajasthan, Patiala in Punjab, Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and Dehradun in Uttarakhand. As on December 2018, the National Capital Region Planning Board has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs.14,664  crore  for  353  infrastructure  development  projects  in  the National Capital Region and its Counter Magnet Areas with estimated cost of Rs. 30,809 crore. So far 262 projects have been completed.

(d): The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM)  came  to  a  close  on  March  31,  2014.  However,  Rs.  3,144 crore was  released for 398 ongoing projects under the 'Urban Infrastructure'  component  of  the  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and Urban Transformation  (AMRUT)  till  March  31,  2017.  Subsequently  all these projects were handed over to the respective States.

In addition, under the Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) components of JnNURM, Rs.788.68 crore was released and 2,92,819 houses were completed during the last four years.

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