(a) whether the Railways have allocated funds for removal of the Jhuggis from the
Railway land and rehabilitation of the people living therein;
(b) if so, the details of the funds allocated to each zone; and
(c) the number of persons formerly living in the Jhuggis on the Railway land for
whose rehabilitation funds have been allocated and disbursed as on date?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS(SHRI K. H. MUNIYAPPA)
(a) to (c): Resettlement and rehabilitation (R&R) of evicted persons, who had
encroached upon railway land generally is to be done by the respective State
Governments. However, in the following cases Railways have shared the cost of R&R.
In Mumbai, for area under Mumbai Urban Transport Project (MUTP), Railways have
executed an agreement with the State Government of Maharashtra for sharing the
overall project cost equally which, along with augmentation of Railway
infrastructure, also includes the cost of R&R of the Project Affected Persons.
Under this scheme, in MUTP Phase-I, 15297 project affected households have been
rehabilitated by the State Government of Maharashtra, at a cost of Rs. 410.57 crore,
which was equally shared by the State Government of Maharashtra and the Ministry of
Railways.
In the National Capital Territory of Delhi, Railways have agreed to bear part cost of
relocation of pre-1998 encroachers located on Railway land in ‘Safety Zone’ and on
land required for execution of sanctioned projects, as per the Resettlement and
Rehabilitation policy of the Delhi Government, which has the approval of the Ministry
of Urban Development. An amount of Rs.11.25 crore has been deposited by the Ministry
of Railways with the Delhi Government in respect of rehabilitation of 4359 jhuggis.
At present, there is no proposal for eviction of any jhuggi-dwellers from the
railway land.