Question : SLUM COLONIES AGGLOMERATES AND SLUM HOUSEHOLDS IN CHANDIGARH

(a) the total number of slum colonies/agglomerates and slum households in the Union Territory, Chandigarh; and

(b) the details of plans to rehabilitate the slum dwellers and the targetted date for the total slum clearance?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY ALLEVIATION ( SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA )

(a): As per information made available by the Chandigarh Administration, there are twenty four number of slum colonies in the Union Territory of Chandigarh, but no official survey has been conducted by them to verfy the households in the slum colonies. However, Town and Country Planning Organization (TCPO) conducted a study on slums in 1995-1996 and brought out a report titled `A Compendium on Indian slums - 1996`. According to this report, the slum population of Union Territory of Chandigarh for 2001 was estimated as 2.133 lakhs.

An attempt has been made for the first time during the Census of India, 2001 by the Registrar General of India to collect detailed data about slum areas of the country and as per the provisional figures of Census of India, 2001 the total slum population of Union Territory of Chandigarh is 1.07 lakhs.


(b): The Chandigarh Administration has intimated that the slum dwellers are being rehabilitated under the Scheme called the Licensing of Tenements, Sites and Services in Chandigarh Scheme, 1979. Specific date for rehabilitation cannot be specified as sufficient land is not available with the Chandigarh Administration and the same has to be acquired in keeping with the development plan of Chandigarh and the Periphery Control Plan around Chandigarh.