NEW DELHI, Feb 24 — There are 23 authorised and 20 unauthorised labour colonies in the Union Territory of Chandigarh, the Union Home Minister, Mr L.K. Advani, informed the Lok Sabha today. He was replying to a question put by Mr Satya Pal Jain, local MP.
Mr Advani informed Mr Jain that out of the 20 unauthorised colonies, 11 were on the government land while the remaining nine were on private land, established by land owners, who by providing small plots, were charging rents. The Chandigarh Administration had no proposal to provide any facility to these unauthorised colonies established by the private land owners.
Mr Advani said at present, there was no policy of the administration to rehabilitate and resettle the remaining 11 labour colonies on government land. However, it had been decided to provide basic services like electricity, drinking water, street lights, mobile toilets and educational facilities in these colonies.
The Home Minister further said that Shaheed Bhagat Singh Colony, Karsan, had been rehabilitated in 1998 in Sector 52 by allotting sites to 17,00 persons. The process of resettlement of Labour Colony, Sector 31, and a Karsan colony was in progress and was likely to be completed by March 31. For this more than 2,560 sites were being allotted, he added.
