Shortage of Government Residential Accommodation for Central Government Employees

Shortage of Government Residential Accommodation for Central Government Employees in cities like, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai

Union Minister for Urban Development Shri Kamal Nath has said that there is shortage of accommodation for Central Government employees in cities like, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Chennai. The position is comfortable at other stations.

He said in a reply to a question in Lok Sabha today that the following initiatives have been taken to increase availability of houses:-

(i) Construction of residential and office/commercial accommodation at Ghitorini Delhi;

(ii) Redevelopment of old Government colonies, namely, East Kidwai Nagar, Netaji Nagar, Srinivaspuri, Mohammadpur, Kasturba Nagar, Thyagaraja Nagar and Sarojani Nagar in Delhi for utilizing the maximum available floor area ratio (FAR);

(iii) Acquiring 96 flats of various categories in the Common Wealth Games Village, New Delhi; and

(iv)Construction of 130 units of Type-V and Type-VI categories at Hyderabad Estate, Mumbai by demolishing 48 Type-VI flats which have been declared dangerous and meanwhile hiring 50 flats equivalent to Type-VI category to instantly meet the deficiency caused by demolition of existing flats.

Details of Demand and Availability of General Pool Residential Accommodation in Delhi

Status as on 08-03-2013

House Type	Stock in GP	Total Demand as on Date	Shortage/Surplus (+) – Shortage (-) – Surplus
1	16722	16788	66
2	23716	34832	11116
3	11723	20189	8466
4	5343	9290	3947
4S	792	3117	2325
5A	1402	2148	746
5B	860	2265	1405
6A	791	1457	666
6B	146	305	159
7	181	372	191
8	125	254	129
Total	61801	91017	29216