Lok Sabha Question No. 2500 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-03
Subject: Holiday Homes in the Country
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2500

## TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 03, 2023

## HOLIDAY HOMES IN THE COUNTRY

NO. 2500.   SHRI DHARMENDRA KASHYAP:

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

- (a) the details and total number of Holiday homes in the country, State-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  number  of  Holiday homes in the country;
- (c) whether demand supply gap is too large and visitors/travellers are facing huge  difficulties  in  booking  rooms  due  to  acute  shortage  of  rooms  in prominent locations and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) whether  there  is  demand  for  more  such  holiday  homes  for  affordable travelling experience of the Government employees; and
- (e) if  so,  whether  the  Government intend to increase Holiday homes in the country particularly in the tourist places of Uttar Pradesh and if so, the
- details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a): The details of total number of Holiday Homes/Guest Houses/Touring officers' Hostels in the country is at Annexure.

- (b): Yes.
- (c):   Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has approved the proposal for construction  of  Holiday  Homes  at  various  prominent  locations  in  the country where there is high demand of rooms.

(d & e): Ministry  intends  to  increase  the  Holiday  Homes  in  various location of country. In Uttar Pradesh, Ministry has approved the proposal for construction of Holiday Homes at Mathura and Ayodhya.

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## Annexure referred in reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question Number 2500 for answer on August 3, 2023.

| Name of State/ Union Territory   |   Number of Holiday Home /Touring Officers' Hostel /Guest House | Location of Holiday Home /Touring Officers' Hostel /Guest House/Inspection Bungalow                                          |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andaman &Nicobar                 |                                                               1 | Holiday Home, Ranchi Basti, Lamba Line, Port Blair                                                                           |
| Andhra Pradesh                   |                                                               2 | Holiday Home, IS Mahal Road, Nehru Nagar, Tirupati Touring Officers' Hostel, Autonagar, Vijayawada                           |
| Assam                            |                                                               2 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Narangi Road Guwahati (Main Building) Touring Officers' Hostel, Narangi                            |
| Bihar                            |                                                               1 | Holiday Home, Digha Road, Patna                                                                                              |
| Chandigarh                       |                                                               2 | Holiday Home, Sector-38, Chandigarh Touring Officers' Hostel, Sector 7B,                                                     |
| Delhi                            |                                                               5 | Holiday Home, West Kidwai Nagar, Delhi Touring Officers' Hostel, Curzon Road, Delhi Touring Officers' Hostel, Aliganj, Delhi |
| Goa                              |                                                               2 | Holiday Home, Bambolim, Panaji Road, Goa Touring Officers' Hostel, Panaji- Madgaon Road, Goa                                 |
| Gujrat                           |                                                               1 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Sector - 6/D, Near Civil Hospital, Gandhi Nagar Holiday Home (Grand Hotel), Mall                   |
| Himachal Pradesh                 |                                                               2 | Road, Shimla                                                                                                                 |

| Name of State/ Union Territory   | Number of Holiday Home /Touring Officers' Hostel /Guest House   | Location of Holiday Home /Touring Officers' Hostel /Guest House/Inspection Bungalow          |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                  |                                                                 | Touring Officers' Hostel, ITBP Camp, Baweli, Kullu                                           |
| Jammu and Kashmir                | 2                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Satwari Cantt, Jammu                                               |
| Jammu and Kashmir                | 2                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Dhar Road, Udhampur                                                |
| Karnataka                        | 3                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Domlur, Bengaluru                                                  |
| Karnataka                        | 3                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Koramangala, Bengaluru                                             |
| Karnataka                        | 3                                                               | Holiday Home, T. Narasipur Road, Sidhartha Nagar, Mysore                                     |
| Kerala                           | 3                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Pulleppady, Kathrikkadavu, Kochi                                   |
| Kerala                           | 3                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Poonkulam Vellyani, Thiruvananthapuram                             |
| Kerala                           | 3                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Dutt Saw Mill Road, Kallai (PO), Kozhikode (Calicut)               |
| Madhya Pradesh                   | 4                                                               | Holiday Home, Bungalow No. 15, Marg Navratan Bagh, Indore                                    |
| Madhya Pradesh                   | 4                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, City Centre, Gwalior                                               |
| Madhya Pradesh                   | 4                                                               | Holiday Home, Near Nain Narmada Temple, Amarkantak (at the disposal of MPTDC on lease basis) |
| Madhya Pradesh                   | 4                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Daskhina Maidan, Neemuch                                           |
| Maharashtra                      | 6                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Church Gate, Mumbai                                                |
| Maharashtra                      | 6                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Hyderabad Estates, Mumbai                                          |
| Maharashtra                      | 6                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Antop Hills, Mumbai                                                |
| Maharashtra                      | 6                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Seminary Hills, Bungalow No.3, Nagpur                              |

| Name of State/ Union Territory   | Number of Holiday Home /Touring Officers' Hostel /Guest House   | Location of Holiday Home /Touring Officers' Hostel /Guest House/Inspection Bungalow    |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                  |                                                                 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Gandhi Nagar, Nasik                                          |
|                                  |                                                                 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Mukund Nagar, Pune                                           |
| Meghalaya                        | 1                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Dhankheti, CPWD Office Residential Complex, Shillong         |
| Odisha                           | 1                                                               | Inspection Bungalow Nayapally, CRP Circle, Bhubaneswar                                 |
| Punjab                           | 2                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Ram Tirath Nagar, Amritsar Guest House Kendriya Sadan, Surya |
| Rajasthan                        | 9                                                               | Holiday Home, Holiday Home, Agra Gate, Ajmer                                           |
| Rajasthan                        | 9                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Civil Lines, Ajmer                                           |
| Rajasthan                        | 9                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Sector-2, Vidhyadhar Nagar, Jaipur                           |
| Rajasthan                        | 9                                                               | Guest House Sector-7, Vidhyadhar Nagar, Jaipur                                         |
| Rajasthan                        | 9                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Bera Road, Jaisalmer                                         |
| Rajasthan                        | 9                                                               | Holiday Home, Nirman Sadan, Jaisalmer                                                  |
| Rajasthan                        | 9                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, West Patel Nagar, Circuit House Road, Jodhpur                |
| Rajasthan                        | 9                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Delwara Road, Distt. Sirohi, Mount Abu                       |
| Rajasthan                        | 9                                                               | Holiday Home, Sector - 14, Near C.A. Circle, Udaipur                                   |
| Sikkim                           | 2                                                               | Holiday Home, (Near Zero Point and Vajra Cinema Hall) , Gangtok                        |
| Sikkim                           | 2                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Near Zero Point, Gangtok                                     |
| Tamilnadu                        | 6                                                               | Holiday Home, Koodalpudur, Anaiyur (PO), Madurai                                       |

| Name of State/ Union Territory   | Number of Holiday Home /Touring Officers' Hostel /Guest House   | Location of Holiday Home /Touring Officers' Hostel /Guest House/Inspection Bungalow   |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                  |                                                                 | Holiday Home, Kovalam Road, Kanyakumari                                               |
|                                  |                                                                 | Holiday Home, Udagamandalam, Nilgiris, Ooty                                           |
|                                  |                                                                 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Shashtri Bhawan, Chennai                                    |
|                                  |                                                                 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Rajaji Bhawan, Chennai                                      |
|                                  |                                                                 | Holiday Home, Natarajapuram, Dhanushkodi (Via), Rameswaram                            |
| Telangana                        | 2                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel, Koti Nirman Bhawan, Hyderabad                               |
| Telangana                        |                                                                 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Kawadi Guda , Hyderabad                                     |
| Uttar Pradesh                    | 9                                                               | Touring Officers' Hostel,                                                             |
| Uttar Pradesh                    |                                                                 | Kar-Kunj, Agra Touring Officers' Hostel, Sanjay                                       |
| Uttar Pradesh                    |                                                                 | Place, Agra Holiday Home, Begum                                                       |
| Uttar Pradesh                    |                                                                 | Sarai, Pryagraj                                                                       |
| Uttar Pradesh                    |                                                                 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Mahatma Gandhi Marg, Allahabad                              |
| Uttar Pradesh                    |                                                                 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Sector-K, Aliganj, Lucknow                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                    |                                                                 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Deen Dayal Puram, Bareilly                                  |
| Uttar Pradesh                    |                                                                 | Holiday Home, Badalalpur, Varanasi Touring Officers' Hostel, Chandmari,               |
| Uttar Pradesh                    |                                                                 | Lamhi, Varanasi                                                                       |
| Uttrakhand                       | 4                                                               | Holiday Home, Southwood Cottage, ITBP Campus, Mussoorie                               |
| Uttrakhand                       |                                                                 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Landaur Bazar, Mussoorie                                    |
| Uttrakhand                       |                                                                 | Holiday Home, Khurpatal, Nainital                                                     |
| Uttrakhand                       |                                                                 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Subhash Chowk, (Near Clock Tower-Paltan Bazar), Dehradun    |

| Name of State/ Union Territory   |   Number of Holiday Home /Touring Officers' Hostel /Guest House | Location of Holiday Home /Touring Officers' Hostel /Guest House/Inspection Bungalow                                   |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| West Bengal                      |                                                               2 | Touring Officers' Hostel, Acharya J.C. Bose Road, Kolkata Touring Officers' Hostel, Nirman Bhawan, Matigara, Siliguri |
| Total                            |                                                              74 |                                                                                                                       |