(a) the details of land acquired for the establishment of Bokaro Steel Plant (BSP) in Jharkhand;
(b) the details of the surplus lands lying idle in BSP;
(c) the policy/agreement, if any, in connection with the use of surplus lands;
(d) whether the management of BSP is sub-letting/leasing out the lands acquired for the plant;
(e) if so, the details thereof during each of the last three years; and
(f) the reasons for not returning back the unused lands to its original owners?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STEEL (SHRI BRAJA KISHORE TRIPATHY)
(a) Total area of land acquired for BSL is 31287.24 acres out of which 824.85 acres of land has not been handed over by the State Government.
(b) There is no surplus land. However, an area of 8602.82 acres, earmarked for future utilisation, is lying vacant at present.
(c) Does not arise.
(d) Yes, Sir.
(e) The details are at Annexure.
(f) Since, the entire land is either in use or earmarked for future use, the question of returning the unused land to its original owner does not arise.
ANNEXURE
S.NO DESCRIPTION NO. OF PLOTS AREA IN ACRES. YEAR 2000-01
1. UTKAL SEWA SAMAJ FOR JAGANNATH TEMPLE 1 00.25
2. YMCA 1 00.25
3. IOC AT SECTOR XII 1 00.37
4. HINDUSTAN AUTO AGENCY 1 00.37
5. DHANBAD CENTRAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD. 1 00.12 6. VIHANGAM YOGA SANSTHAN 1 00.25
7 LIC BRANCH OFFICE - II 1 00.3
8. UTKAL SEWA SAMAJ FOR CULTURAL CENTRE 1 00.25
9. BOKARO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 17.3 10. SMT. SHAIL SINGH, HB-8/CC 1 00.03 11. SMT. RITA LAL, HB-9/CC 1 00.02 12. PLOTS ALLOTED AGAINST 1987 ADVERTISEMENT 184 03.9 TOTAL 195 23.41
YEAR 2001-02
1. GAYATRI PARIWAR TRUST 1 0.25
2. THE ASSEMBLIES OF GOD CHURCH OF NORTH INDIA 1 0.25
3. ABDUL GAFFAR ANSARI, S-22B/CC 1 0.099
4. BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD.FOR PETROL PUMP 1 0.344
5. BHARAT SEVASHRAM SANGH 1 0.25 6. PLOTS ALLOTTED AGAINST 1987 ADVERTISEMENT 41 0.848 TOTAL 46 2.041
YEAR 2002-03
1. IOC-EXTENSION OF EXISTING PETROL PUMP 1 0.124
2. LPG PLOT TO IOC 1 0.617 TOTAL 2 0.741