Modi govt evicted record number of illegal occupants from Lutyens' Delhi, says official data

New Delhi: The number of houses vacated in Lutyens' Delhi has increased three times under the Narendra Modi government at the Centre as it  evicted a record number of overstaying illegal occupants from government accommodation. 

According to an official data of urban development ministry furnished by minister of state Babul Supriyo in Lok Sabha, a total of 1,531 houses were vacated during the last three years - 246 in 2013, 539 in 2014 and 746 in 2015, a report in The Economic Times said.

The data says that 246 houses were vacated in 2013 under Congress-led UPA government; this number more than doubled in 2014 and then jumped to 746 in 2015 under the Modi government. 

However, 1,207 houses are still under unauthorised occupation in Delhi.