(a) the number of cases of encroachment of railway land which have come to the notice during the last three years;
(b) the steps taken by the Railways to evict illegal occupants from Railway land; and
(c) the mechanism adopted by the Railways for prevention of encroachment on railway land/property?
MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (KUMARI MAMATA BANERJEE)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the Sabha.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF STARRED QUESTION NO.400 BY SHRI YASHBANT
N.S. LAGURI & SHRIMATI RAJKUMARI RATNA SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 22-04-2010 REGARDING
ENCROACHMENT OF RAILWAY LAND
(a) to (c): Railways are engaged in a continuous exercise to safeguard its land boundaries
and take action to remove encroachments. In the last three years, 10490 number of encroachments
were noticed. Whereas removal of encroachments is taken up as per provisions of Public Premises(Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971, protection of Railway land/property from
encroachments is done by providing boundary walls, fencing, tree plantation, etc. at vulnerable
locations on a programmed basis.