Lok Sabha Question No. 87 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-01-29
Subject: Status of Housing and Urban Development in Delhi
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Manoj Tiwari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 87

## TO BE ANSWERED ON JANUARY 29, 2026

## STATUS OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN DELHI

NO. 87.

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

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

- (a) the details of the works completed so far in the North East Delhi Municipal Corporation area under the Smart Cities Mission, the Atal Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban  Transformation  (AMRUT)  and other urban development schemes;
- (b) the  current  status  of  urban  housing,  sewerage,  drinking  water supply and solid waste management;
- (c) the details of the major problems being faced by the people;
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government/the Municipal Corporation to  address  the  problems  of  urban  traffic,  waterlogging  and  air pollution; and
- (e) the details of the action plan or future priorities identified for the overall  urban  development of North East Delhi city in the coming years?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI TOKHAN SAHU)

(a) to (e): Water,  sanitation,  Land  and  Colonization  are  State  subjects. Further, as per the 12th Schedule of the Constitution, Urban Planning is the  responsibility  of  Urban  Local  Bodies  (ULBs)/  Urban  Development Authorities. Government of India supplements the efforts of the States through  schematic  interventions/  advisories.  It  provides  financial  and technical support to the States through various schemes/ Missions such as Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and AMRUT  2.0,  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Urban)  2.0  (SBM-U  2.0),  Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) (PMAY-U)/ PMAY-U 2.0, Metro Rail/ Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS), etc.

As informed by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD), under AMRUT, a total of 07 projects have been completed within the jurisdiction of North East Delhi Municipal Corporation (DMC) (bifurcated Municipal Corporation of Delhi). The details of work completed are given in Annexure. No project was implemented under the Smart City Mission in the jurisdiction of North East DMC.

GNCTD has also informed that water and sewer networks exist and functional, except sewerage network in Sonia Vihar, Shahadra, Delhi-94 (Registration No-594), Shri Ram Colony, Rajeev Nagar, Delhi-94 (Registration  No.-614),  Milan  Garden  Near  Sabhapur  Extn.,  Delhi-92 (Registration No. 1280), Chauhan Patti Vistar, West Karawal Nagar Delhi 91(Registration No.1586), Chauhan Patti Extn. Sabhapur Mazra Delhi 94 (Registration  No.107  ELD),  Village  Sabha  pur  Extended  Abadi  Delhi  94 (Registration  No.75  ELD.  The  work  of  providing  and  laying  sewerage system in Sonia Vihar, Sahadra, Delhi-94 (Registration No.594), Shri Ram Colony, Rajeev Nagar, Delhi-94 (Registration No.614) is at implementation stage. The work of providing & laying of sewerage system in Milan Garden Near Sabhapur Extn Delhi-92 (Registration No.1280) Chauhan Patti Vistar, West Karawal Nagar Delhi 91(Registration No.1586), Chauhan Patti Extn Sabhapur  Mazra  Delhi  94  (Registration  No.107ELD)  Village  Sabhapur Extended Abadi Delhi 94 (Registration No.75ELD) is at award stage.

Municipal Corporation of Delhi has informed that presently, approx. 12500 Tonne Per Day (TPD) waste is generated under its jurisdiction for which MCD  has established decentralized and centralized waste processing facilities  of around 7642 TPD capacity which is functioning with processing capacity at 90% efficiency. There is a gap of around 5622 TPD which is dumped at Bhalswa and Ghazipur dumpsites. There is no fresh waste dumping at Okhla dumps İte. MCD has 4 no. of Waste to En ergy (WTE) Plant of 6500 TPD capacity; one, 100 TPD Compost Bio Gas (CBG) plant  at  Ghoga  Dairy,  1  compost  plant  of  700  TPD  capacity  at  NarelaBawana; 231 nos. of local composting units of 20 TPD capacity and 155 nos. of manual and semi-automatic Material Recovery Facility (MRF) Of 252 TPD capacity.

To take care of increased Municipal Solid waste (MSW) till the year 2031, 2 no. of WTE plants of 5000 TPD capacity, expansion of 2 no. of WTE plant  at  Okhla  and  Tekhand  by  1000  TPD  capacity  each  for  managing waste generation and 300 TPD Bio-CBG Plant at Ghazipur are part of the action plan of MCD.

MCD has also informed that the following steps have been taken to address the problem of water logging and air pollution by the people in

Delhi:-

- To mitigate the problem of water logging desilting work of drains is regularly  carried  out  by  the  MCD  to  maintain  smooth  flow  of  drain water. In case of any issue of water logging is reported in the area, the same is removed by deploying portable pumps at vulnerable points.
- MCD has total running length of 6,130 Km (of different Right of Way (ROWs) below 60 ft width) on which regular manual sweeping is done by 57,000 nos. of sanitation workers.
- MCD has deployed 52 nos. of Mechanical Road Sweepers (MRS) to carry out sweeping on Public Works Department (PWD) roads (roads having RoW above 60 ft.)
- A fleet of 167 nos. of Water Sprinklers and 28 nos. of Mobile Anti-Smog Gun (ASGs) are deployed on various roads to abate dust pollution.
- 20 nos. of ASGs have been installed at various facilities of MCD like construction and Demolition (C&D) waste plants, Sanitary Land Fill (SLF) sites & WTE Plants etc.
- 15 nos. of ASGs have been installed at identified High Rise Building of MCD.
- 356 nos. of Surveillance Teams  comprising of 1385 nos. of officers/Officials have been formed to keep check on Open Burning, illegal dumping of C&D Waste, checking of C&D site and dust on roads under its  jurisdiction.  1052  challans  for  Open  biomass  burning  and 2207  for  C&D  waste  dumping  were  imposed  during  the  period  of October 2025 to 19 January 2026.

Further, Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has informed that for  addressing  the  Air  Pollution  issues,  the  Commission  for  Air  Quality Management (CAQM) has notified the schedule for the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) and same has been amended on 21.11.2025 assigning the roles/actions to be taken by the implementing  agencies like Commissioners/  Chief-Engineers  of  urban  local  bodies/  land  owning agencies/  construction  agencies/  traffic  police/  transport  department/ MCD/  District  Magistrates/  District  Collectors  of  respective  districts/ power distribution companies/ Department of Environment/ DPCC/ GNCTD etc. All 3-coal based thermal power plants have been closed. Presently thermal power plants operating in Delhi are running on Piped Natural Gas (PNG). 1890 number of industries has already shifted to PNG.

MCD  has  also  informed  that  its  priority  is  for  improvement  of sanitation, drainage system, and upkeep of roads, removal of garbage and remediation of legacy wastes from SLF sites under its jurisdiction.

To  supplement  the  efforts  of  the  Government  of  National  Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD), following works have been taken in Delhi under various  Missions/  Schemes  of  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs

(MoHUA).

Under AMRUT, against the committed central assistance of ₹ 802.31 crore, a total of 26 projects amounting to ₹ 674 crore including 9 water supply projects worth ₹245 crore and 7 sewerage projects worth ₹408.79 crore have been grounded by the UT of Delhi, of which works worth around ₹652.86 crore have been physically completed. Through AMRUT and in convergence,  27.91  lakh  water  tap  connections  and  21.55  lakh  sewer connections (including septage management) have been provided so far. Over 62 MLD of sewage treatment capacity and 3 MLD of water treatment have been added. Around 173 km of water networks and 273 km of sewer networks have been laid/ replaced.

Under AMRUT 2.0 launched on 1 st  October, 2021, so far 94 projects worth ₹5,328.35 crore have been approved by Ministry  of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA ) including 2 projects worth ₹314.39 crore in water supply and 38 projects worth ₹4,832.35 crore in sewerage sector.

Under  SBM-U  2.0,  UT  of  Delhi  has  been  allocated  an  amount  of ₹1 ,192.60 crore ,  of which ₹1 ,152.60 crore is earmarked for Solid Waste Management (SWM) component. Under SWM components, a total project cost of ₹ 1 ,395.63 crore having central share of ₹1 ,116.50 crore have been approved so far for legacy waste remediation of 03 dumpsites at Ghazipur, Bhalswa, and Okhla.   Details of all the projects under SBM-U reported by UT of New Delhi are available at SBM-U, MoHUA portal https://sbmurban.org/swachh-bharat-mission-progess. State/UT-wise waste processing facilities including New Delhi are available on website at https://sbmurban.org/swachh-bharat-mission-progess.

PMAY-U/  PMAY-U  2.0  is  a  demand  driven  scheme. Selection  of beneficiaries  under  various  verticals  preferred  by  the  beneficiaries, formulation  of  projects  and  execution  are  done  by  States/UTs.  So  far,

32,075  houses  have  been  sanctioned/completed  in  Delhi  under  PMAYU/PMAY-U 2.0.

At  present  the  operational  length  under  Delhi  metro  network  is 352.236 km and more than 71 lakh passengers are utilizing Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) network everyday. As per the study conducted by DMRC through The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to assess the impact of shift passengers from road to metro, the number of vehicles reduced from the roads on daily basis for the year 2024 was 6,44,252.

Under  Smart  City  Mission,  only  New  Delhi  Municipal  Corporation (NDMC) in Delhi was covered. As reported by the UT, NDMC has taken 127 projects amounting to 996.90 crores, of which 121 projects amounting to ₹ 884.30 crore have been completed.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  †87  REGARDING  'STATUS  OF  HOUSING  AND  URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN DELHI', DUE FOR ANSWER IN THE LOK SABHA ON 29.01.2026.

Details of works completed under AMRUT in North East Delhi Municipal Corporation Area as reported by GNCTD

|   Sl. No. | Project Title / Name                                                                                   | Sector             |   Approved Cost (in ₹ Crore) |
|-----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|------------------------------|
|         1 | P/L/J water supply distribution network in B to G Block Sonia Vihar Karawal Nagar (AC-70)              | Water Supply       |                        11.34 |
|         2 | P/L/J water supply distribution network in village Sabhapur Extended Abadi under Karawal Nagar (AC-70) | Water Supply       |                         3.56 |
|         3 | P/L/J water supply distribution network in Shri Ram Colony, Rajiv Nagar under Karawal Nagar (AC-70)    | Water Supply       |                         3.89 |
|         4 | P/L/J feeder and peripheral water mains in the command of 26.80 ML UGR/BPS, Sonia Vihar (AC-70)        | Water Supply       |                        36.52 |
|         5 | Construction of 5.90 MG (26.80 ML) UGR/BPS at Sonia Vihar (AC-70)                                      | Water Supply       |                        33    |
|         6 | Rejuvenation of Shahadra Jheel                                                                         | Water Supply       |                        14.17 |
|         7 | Rehabilitation of Yamuna Vihar STPs                                                                    | Sewerage & Septage |                        60    |