SLUM POPULATION IN NCR
RAJYA SABHA
The approximate number
of slum dwellers in the National Capital Region (NCR), excluding
National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi, is around 23 lakhs.
As regards NCT, Delhi the estimated number of families of slum
dwellers is around 6 lakhs.
The State Governments
of Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have reported that proposals
for construction of Dwelling units under Valmiki Ambedkar Awas
Yojana in some NCR towns of their States are in various stages
of progress. In the case of NCT of Delhi both Slum and JJ Departments
of Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and Delhi Development
Authority (DDA) have reported that they do not have any proposal
to allot flats to slum dwellers in Delhi. However, the DDA, as
a pilot project, has shifted the slums of Motia Khan by providing
flats at Rohini.
This information
was given by Shri Pon. Radhakrishnan, Minister of State for Urban
Development & Poverty Alleviation in a written reply to the
question of Shri Surendra Lath in Rajya Sabha today.
