Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be please to state:
(a) the area of land acquired for construction of metro rail projects in the country, city and State-wise;
(b) the number of people displaced due to these metro rail projects, city and State-wise;
(c) the rehabilitation measures taken for those displaced persons; and
(d) the details of fund allocated and utilised for rehabilitation and compensation, State-wise?
THE MINISTER OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
(SHRI M. VENKAIAH NAIDU)
(a),(b) & (d): As informed by Metro Companies, the details of land acquired, number of people displaced, funds allocated and utilised for rehabilitation and compensation to families affected due to construction of metro rail projects, which are being implemented on 50:50 equity sharing joint venture between Government of India (GoI) and the concerned State Governments State-wise are given in Annexure.
(c): Resettlement and Rehabilitation is done as per the extant policies.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a), (b) & (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.476 FOR ANSWER ON 27.04.2016 REGARDING LAND FOR METRO RAIL ASKED BY SHRI OM BIRLA AND SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU.
DETAILS OF LAND ACQUIRED, NUMBER OF PEOPLE DISPLACED, FUNDS ALLOCATED AND UTILISED FOR REHABILITATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF METRO RAIL PROJECTS BEING IMPLEMENTED ON 50:50 EQUITY SHARING JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (GOI) AND THE CONCERNED STATE GOVERNMENTS - STATE-WISE.
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Name of the Project
State
Land
Acquired
( in Hectare) No. of
Families
displaced Fund for Rehabilitation
(Rs. in crores)
Allocation
(Budget)# Utilization for Rehabilitation & Compensation
Delhi Metro Rail Project
Delhi 728.84^ 6,028 445.83 92.66*
Bangalore Metro Rail
Project
Karnataka 141.61
169
2,564.44 2,570.28**
Chennai Metro Rail Project
Tamil Nadu 13.113 698 142.00 131.66
Kochi Metro Rail Project
Kerala 40.409 243
(Persons) 672.25 529.99
Nagpur Metro Rail Project,
Maharashtra 72.29 0 174.00 0
Ahmedabad Metro Project,
Gujarat 84.65 0 125.78 7.95
Lucknow Metro Rail Project
Uttar Pradesh 26.874 2 381.00 41.77
Mumbai Metro (Line-III)
Maharashtra 0 0 91.00 0
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^ For Delhi Metro Network outside Delhi, the land is leased to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
*Further payment for rehabilitation in Phase- III will be released as per the demand from State Government.
# As per Detailed Project Reports.
**Excess funds are met out from other heads to enable timely settlement of compensation.
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