Lok Sabha Question No. 673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Digitising Land Records of Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, DHARMENDRA YADAV, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, RAMA DEVI, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 673

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## DIGITISING LAND RECORDS OF RAILWAYS

## +673.  SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Indian Railways has developed web based application  called  Land  Management  Module  integrated  with Track Management system to digitize the land records;
- (b) if  so,  the details thereof and the total area of railway land that has been encroached till date;
- (c) whether  the  Indian  Railways  has  evolved  a  system  that  would provide  the  status  of  railway  land  whether  encroached  or  not and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the time by which the system will be evolved and put in place; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government to put an end to illegal encroachment of railway land in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) & (b):  A web based application called Land Management Module integrated with Track Management System (TMS) of Indian Railways has been developed for maintaining data i.e. details of acquisition/area/usages  and  land  plans  of  Land  Bank  of  Indian Railways. At present about 879.48 hectare Railway land is encroached.

(c)  &  (d):    A  work  costing 36.24  crore  has  been  sanctioned  for mapping  of  all  fixed  Railway  assets  on  Geographical  Information System (GIS) of Bhuvan Satellite Imagery of Indian Space Research Organisation  (ISRO)  integrated  with  Track  Management  System (TMS) of Indian Railways.  This system is designed to provide the status of Railway land whether encroached or not and thus would be  helpful  in  tackling  the  menace  of  encroachment.  Pilot  of  GIS mapping of Indian Railways network and land parcels has already been started on Delhi Division of Northern Railway.

(e):  Railway  carry  out  regular  surveys  of  encroachment  and  takes action  for  their  removal.    If  the  encroachments  are  of  temporary nature  (soft  encroachment)  in  the  shape  of  jhuggies,  jhopries  and squatters, the same are got removed in consultation and with the assistance of  Railway  Protection  Force  and  local  civil  authorities. For old encroachments, where party is not amenable to persuasion, action  is  taken  under  Public  Premises  (Eviction  of  Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 (PPE Act, 1971). During the last three years approximately 89 hectares of encroached land has been retrieved. Regular measures are taken to protect Railway land from encroachment which include, licensing of land to Railway employees  for  Grow  More  Food  (GMF)  Scheme  etc.,  provision  of boundary wall, tree plantation at vulnerable locations.