Lok Sabha Question No. 2838 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-20
Subject: Encroachment of Railway Land by Slum Dwellers
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu, Pritam Gopinath Munde, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2838 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2023

## ENCROACHMENT OF RAILWAY LAND BY SLUM DWELLERS

2838. SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU: DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE: SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Indian  Railways  has  any  details  of  the  total  land  of Railways in the country at present;
- (b) if so, the details in this regard, State-wise, particularly in Odisha and Maharashtra;
- (c) whether the Indian Railways has made any assessment of railway land encroached by slums at present;
- (d) if so, details thereof, State-wise;
- (e) the number of slum dwellers who were removed from railway land since  the  announcement  of  PMAY  so  far  in  various  States,  Statewise; and
- (f) the  number  of  slum  dwellers  in  various  States  rehabilitated  after being removed from railway land since the announcement of PMAY, State-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2838 BY SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU, DR. PRITAM GOPINATHRAO MUNDE, SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  20.12.2023  REGARDING ENCROACHMENT OF RAILWAY LAND BY SLUM DWELLERS.

(a) and (b):   As on 31.03.2023, the total land in possession of Indian Railways is about 4.88 lakh hectares. The Railways do not maintain state-wise  details  of  vacant  Railway  land.  Zone-wise/PU's  details  of railway  land  which  include  States  of  Odisha  and  Maharashtra  which falls  under  Western  Railway,  Central  Railway,  East  Coast  Railway, South Eastern Railway and South East Central Railway are as under:

(Figures in hectares)

| Zonal Railway      |   Total Land |
|--------------------|--------------|
| Central            |      29421.6 |
| Eastern            |      21082.3 |
| East Central       |      37462.3 |
| East Coast         |      22959.6 |
| Northern           |      45518.1 |
| North Central      |      19353   |
| North Eastern      |      25646.5 |
| Northeast Frontier |      48468.8 |
| North Western      |      26918.3 |
| Southern           |      26952.7 |
| South Central      |      32679.1 |
| South Eastern      |      42850.9 |
| South East Central |      23085.2 |
| South Western      |      19893.1 |
| Western            |      38273.8 |
| West Central       |      23657.4 |

| Metro            |    150.27 |
|------------------|-----------|
| Production Units |   3963.76 |
| Total            | 488337    |

(c)  and  (d)  As  on  31.03.2023,  around  810.71  Hectare  (0.17%)  of Railway land is under encroachment in various Railway zones of the country.  The  state  -  wise  details  are  not  maintained  by  Railway. However,  the  zone  -  wise  details  of  encroached  land  which  also includes slums are as given below:

| Railway            |   Land under Encroachment as on 31.03.2023 (in Hectare) |
|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------------|
| Central            |                                                   49.52 |
| Eastern            |                                                   55.27 |
| East Central       |                                                    0.78 |
| East Coast         |                                                   16.79 |
| Northern           |                                                  154.53 |
| North Central      |                                                   40.82 |
| North Eastern      |                                                   23.31 |
| Northeast Frontier |                                                   92.32 |
| North Western      |                                                   18.34 |
| Southern           |                                                   55.15 |
| South Central      |                                                   13.79 |
| South Eastern      |                                                  140.43 |
| Southeast Central  |                                                   41.41 |
| South Western      |                                                   16.26 |
| Western            |                                                   49.45 |
| West Central       |                                                   36.23 |
| Production Units   |                                                    6.3  |
| Total              |                                                  810.71 |

(e) and (f): The state-wise details of removal of encroachment are not maintained.  The  zone  -  wise  details  of  numbers  of  encroachments which includes slum dwellers, removed from Railway land during the last three years and upto Nov,2023 are as under:-

| Zonal Railways     |   Nos. of encroachments removed |
|--------------------|---------------------------------|
| Central            |                            1634 |
| Eastern            |                            3955 |
| East Central       |                            4285 |
| East Coast         |                            1701 |
| Northern           |                             853 |
| North Central      |                             220 |
| North Eastern      |                            5771 |
| Northeast Frontier |                             219 |
| North Western      |                               0 |
| Southern           |                             384 |
| South Central      |                             350 |
| South Eastern      |                             268 |
| Southeast Central  |                             247 |
| South Western      |                               0 |
| Western            |                            2525 |
| West Central       |                             216 |
| Total              |                           22628 |

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