New Delhi:
Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board did not initiate any new housing scheme for relocation of slum residents, Comptroller and Auditor General said on Friday.
“The Board didn’t form the Urban Shelter Consultative Committee and Basti Vikas Samitis and did not initiate any new housing scheme for relocation of residents of jhuggi jhopri bastis,” a CAG report said.
The CAG pointed out that though the Board was set up with an aim to provide better living conditions for residents of JJ Bastis, it did not initiate new housing scheme.
“The Delhi government released Rs 1.20 crore during 2010-2012 for study and preparation of perspective plan for Delhi slums for the next 20 years, out of which a fund of Rs 15.58 lakh was spent during 2010-2013 but no perspective plan was prepared,” CAG said.
It further said that Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board was unable to provide basic facilities in JJ Bastis, even after incurring an expenditure of Rs 9.44 crore on construction of 294 water closets (WC) and an existing one, during 2010-13.
“National norms envisage provision of one WC for 20-25 persons. As per the information provided by the Board, against the required 83,687 WCs for about 21 lakh persons of 685 JJ Bastis, there were only 17,626 WCs in 605 Bastis, which were grossly inadequate,” the report said.
