COMMERCIAL UTILISAITON OF RAILWAY LAND
Railways
propose to set up Indian Railways Land, Air – Space and Property
Development Authority (IRLAPDA) for commercial utilisation/development
of the railway land. The proposed Authority would be a separate
entity under the Ministry of Railways. The Authority will work
to develop the land and properties in accordance with the directions
given by the Ministry from time to time. A draft Act of the proposed
Authority has been prepared and sent to concerned Ministries for
comments. On receipt of comments, the proposal will be submitted
for consideration of Cabinet.
At
present approximately 0.18 hectares of Railway land are vacant
and another 0.02 lakh hectares are under encroachments. Separate
State-wise data are not maintained, railways maintain such data
Zone-wise. The vacant land is required by Railways for their operational
and maintenance requirements as well as for future developmental
works. Railways are engaged in a continuous exercise to free their
land of encroachments as per provisions of the Public Premises
(Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act,1971, and the Railways
Act,1989.
This
information was given by Shri O.Rajagopal, Minister of State for
Railways in a written reply to a question by Shri Vilas Multtemwar
in the Lok Sabha today.
