Question : CONSTRUCTION OF NIGHT SHELTERS



(a) whether the various State Governments particularly the Government of Tamilnadu has sent any proposal to the Government for construction of night shelters for urban shelterless and circuit houses during the last three years and current year;

(b) if so, the details of proposals cleared by the Union Government so far and the financial assistance provided for the purpose, year-wise and State-wise;

(c) the reasons for keeping the remaining proposals pending; and

(d) the total number of night shelters and circuit houses constructed by the Union Government in the States during the said period, State-wise?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN EMPLOYMENT & POVERTY ALLEVIATION ( KUMARI SELJA )

(a)to(c): During last three years six proposals for construction of night shelters have been received from various States (Details are at Annexure-I). However no proposal was received from the Government of Tamilnadu during the last three years. The Planning Commission has decided to transfer the Night Shelter scheme from the current financial year i.e 2005-06 to the State Sector. No funds allocation has been made under the Scheme during current financial year.

There is no component for construction of Circuit House under the scheme.

(d): State-wise details regarding of night shelter sanctioned during the last three years, are at annexure-II, III & IV.

ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURES REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA USQ NO. 1401 FOR 2.8.2005.

STATUS OF PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NIGHT SHELTER RECEIVED FROM THE STATES DURING LAST THREE YEARS

1. Gujarat : Central Sanctioning Committee of this Ministry has approved the project of construction of Night shelter in Bhavnagar Gujarat on 13.1.2005.

2. Chhatisgarh: The Sanctioning Committee of this Ministry has approved the project of Night Shelter at New Bus Stand Dhamtari Chhattisgarh in August 2003. The Municipal Corporation did not deposit the proportionate share as per the conditions of the Central sanctioning committee.

3. Delhi: Sankriti Vikas Samiti an NGO has submitted the construction of Night Shelter in the Village Harewali in March 2004. The proposal was examined by HUDCO. HUDCO has not recommended the project as the proposed site is in rural area and having not eligible as per guidelines.

4. J &K - J&K Cooperative Housing Corporation, Jammu had sent the project report for construction of Night Shelter near Jammu Railway Station. In the month of February 2003. The appraisal report was prepared by HUDCO in the meantime the Corporation has informed that they were not interested in the project and requested to shelve the proposal.

5. Maharashtra. Construction of Night Shelter received from Solapur Municipal Corporation was sent to HUDCO.in the month of January 2004. State Agency was asked to submit the proposal as per the guide lines of the scheme, which was not received from the agency.

6. Nagaland : Proposal of construction of Night shelter at Dimapur received from the Directorate of Women Development Govt. of Nagaland. The required documents from Govt. of Nagaland have not been received.

ANNEXURE-II

STATUS OF SANCTIONS OF SHELTER & SANITATION FACILITIES FOR FOOTPATH DWELLER IN URBAN AREAS

 FOR THE YEAR 2002-2003 (RS. IN LAKH) AS ON 31.3.2003 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATE NO. OF PROJECT LOAN SUBSIDY UNITS SANCTIONED LOAN SUBSIDY SCHEMES COST AMOUNT SANCTION BEDS WC BATH UNINALS RELEASE RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDMAN NICOBAR 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ARUNANCHAL PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ASSAM 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 BIHAR 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 CHANDIGARH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 CHHATTISGARH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 190.66 230.02 DELHI 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 DADAR NGR HAVELI 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 GUJRAT 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 GOA DAMAND DIU 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 HARYANA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 JHARKHAND 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 KARNATAKA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.75 KERALA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 LAKSHDEEP 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 MEGHALAYA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 MAHARASHTRA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 37.31 MANIPUR 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 MADHYA PRADESH 1 29.40 0.00 11.76 0 45 21 18 0.00 52.64 MIZORAM 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 NAGALAND 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ORISSA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 PUNJAB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 PONDICHERRY 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 RAJASTHAN 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 SIKKIM 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 TAMIL NADU 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 TRIPURA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 WEST BENGAL 1 6.92 0.00 4.20 0 30 12 18 0.00 2.10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2 36.32 0.00 15.96 0 75 33 36 190.66 345.80 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------	ANNEXURE-III STATUS OF SANCTIONS OF SHELTER AND SANITATION FACILITIES FOR FOOTPATH DWELLERS IN URBAN AREAS FOR THE YEAR 2003-2004 (RS. IN LAKH) AS ON 31.3.2004 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATE NO. OF PROJECT LOAN SUBSIDY UNITS SANCTIONED LOAN SUBSIDY SCHEMES COST AMOUNT SANCTION BEDS WC BATH UNINALS RELEASE RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDMAN NICOBAR 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ARUNANCHAL PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ASSAM 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 BIHAR 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 CHANDIGARH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 CHHATTISGARH 1 20.00 0.00 10.00 100 0 0 0 41.55 1.70 DELHI 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 DADAR NGR HAVELI 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 GUJRAT 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 GOA DAMAND DIU 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 HARYANA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 JHARKHAND 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 KARNATAKA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.75 KERALA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 LAKSHDEEP 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 MEGHALAYA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 MAHARASHTRA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 110.92 MANIPUR 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 64.36 35.54 MIZORAM 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 NAGALAND 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ORISSA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 PUNJAB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 PONDICHERRY 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 RAJASTHAN 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 27.87 SIKKIM 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 TAMIL NADU 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 TRIPURA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 WEST BENGAL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1 20.00 0.00 10.00 100 0 0 0 105.91 184.78 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------	ANNEXURE-IV STATUS OF SANCTIONS OF SHELTER AND SANITATION FACILITIES FOR FOOTPATH DWELLERS IN URBAN AREAS FOR THE YEAR 2004-2005 (RS. IN LAKH) AS ON 26.7.2005 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- STATE NO. OF PROJECT LOAN SUBSIDY UNITS SANCTIONED LOAN SUBSIDY SCHEMES COST AMOUNT SANCTION BEDS WC BATH UNINALS RELEASE RELEASE --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDMAN NICOBAR 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ANDHRA PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.40 ARUNANCHAL PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ASSAM 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 BIHAR 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 CHANDIGARH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 CHHATTISGARH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 181.33 180.51 DELHI 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 DADAR NGR HAVELI 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 GUJRAT 1 9.95 0.00 4.97 50 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 GOA DAMAND DIU 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 HIMACHAL PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 HARYANA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 JHARKHAND 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 JAMMU & KASHMIR 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 KARNATAKA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 8.75 KERALA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 LAKSHDEEP 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 MEGHALAYA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 MAHARASHTRA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 157.46 MANIPUR 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 MADHYA PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 12.18 MIZORAM 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 NAGALAND 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 ORISSA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 PUNJAB 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 PONDICHERRY 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 RAJASTHAN 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 SIKKIM 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 TAMIL NADU 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 TRIPURA 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 UTTAR PRADESH 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 WEST BENGAL 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1 9.95 0.00 4.97 50 0 0 0 181.33 358.55 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------