Question : HOUSING FOR MIGRANT WORKERS NO

(a) whether there is a persistent demand for housing for the migrant workers in urban areas of Assam due to the heavy flow of landless people who lost their land due to erosion of river Brahmaputra;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard;

(c) whether the Union Government has received any such proposals from the State Government of Assam for Central assistance/funding;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) if not, whether the Government has decided to take up schemes targeting the housing problem of river-erosion affected migrant workers living in urban areas of the NE Region including Assam; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (KUMARI SELJA)

(a) & (b): Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has not undertaken any assessment as to requirement of houses for the migrant workers in urban areas of Assam due to heavy flow of landless people who lost their land due to erosion of river Brahmaputra.

‘Land’ and ‘Colonisation’ being State subjects, it is for the State Governments to formulate suitable schemes to address the shortage of houses including migrant workers and other class of beneficiaries.

(c): No, Madam.

(d): Does not arise.

(e): No, Madam.

(f): Does not arise.