Question : Satellite Towns

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

(a) the steps taken recently regarding development of satellite towns as counter magnets to populated mega cities;

(b) whether satellite towns/cities are identified around Delhi as counter magnets to reduce population burden in Delhi;

(c) if so, the details of such towns/ cities along with progress made so far in this regard; and

(d) the achievements made under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission during the last four years in the country?

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a): The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs implemented a scheme for Urban Infrastructure Development in Satellite Towns - Counter Magnets of million Plus Cities (UIDSST) from June, 2009 to March, 2018. The scheme aimed at providing basic urban infrastructure in selected satellite towns around seven mega cities with the overall objective of ameliorating pressure on mega cities by improving infrastructure and implementing reforms. The seven satellite towns covered under the scheme are - Vikarabad (Telangana), Sanand (Gujarat), Sonepat (Haryana), Hoskote (Karnataka), Vasai-Virar (Maharashtra), Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu), Pilkhuwa (Uttar Pradesh)

(b) & (c): The Regional Plan 2021 for National Capital Region, prepared by the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB), identified nine Counter Magnet Areas for the National Capital Region, which are envisioned as interceptors of migratory flows in National Capital Region and as regional growth centres. These are Hisar and Ambala in Haryana, Bareilly and Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, Kota and Jaipur in Rajasthan, Patiala in Punjab, Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh and Dehradun in Uttarakhand. As on December 2018, the National Capital Region Planning Board has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs.14,664 crore for 353 infrastructure development projects in the National Capital Region and its Counter Magnet Areas with estimated cost of Rs. 30,809 crore. So far 262 projects have been completed.

(d): The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) came to a close on March 31, 2014. However, Rs. 3,144 crore was released for 398 ongoing projects under the ‘Urban Infrastructure’ component of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) till March 31, 2017. Subsequently all these projects were handed over to the respective States.

In addition, under the Basic Services to the Urban Poor (BSUP) and Integrated Housing and Slum Development Programme (IHSDP) components of JnNURM, Rs.788.68 crore was released and 2,92,819 houses were completed during the last four years.

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