DDA LAND UNDER ENCROACHMENT
Delhi Development
Authority (DDA) has removed about 34620 encroachments during the
last three years, the location-wise details of which are as under:
-
Zone No.
of Encroachments Removed
East 2000
West 6595
Rohini 1466
North
13336
South-West 2654
South-East 8569
DDA has reported
that about 1475.87 acres of its land is under encroachment, the
location-wise details of which are as under: -
Zone
Area ( in acres )
East 493.00
West 149.70
Rohini
92.97
North
343.00
South-West
59.20
South-East
338.00
Encroachment has
taken place due to several factors some of which are delay in
utilization of land, stay orders granted by the court orders etc.
There are also instances of already encroached land being handed
over to DDA in some cases. DDA has reported that during the last
three years (from 1.4.2000 to 31.3.2003) they have initiated departmental
proceedings against 46 officials for alleged lapses in unauthorized
construction/encroachment cases.
This information
was given by the Minister of State for Urban Development &
Poverty Alleviation, Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan in a written reply
to the question of Shri Laxman Giluwa and Shri Bir Singh Mahato
in Lok Sabha today.
