 statement of objects and reasonsnew delhi, the capital of india represents the cultural traditions and diversity of ethnic india in a microcosm in view of the peculiar status of the capital where we have a state government and a more than active involvement of the central government, keeping the city clean and beautiful and preserving its cultural heritage acquires added significance poor people from every nook and comer of the country throng the capital in search of better opportunities and jobs for earning their livelihood poverty forces them to find shelter in slum and jhuggi jhopri clusters at present, delhi has around 1100 slum clusters encroaching around 4000 hectares of land and number of people living in slums are around 35 lacs government has a duty to relocate these slum dwellers suitably not only to enable them to live in clean and hygienic environment but also to save the environment of the adjoining places and reduce the immense pressure on the civic amenities it is also the duty of the government to nip this problem in the bud by ensuring that such slums do not come up in an unauthorised manner at goverment land henceforth slum relocation and rehabilitation of people is the work allocated to the slum and jj department of municipal corporation of delhi officials of government agencies like municipal corporation of delhi, new delhi municipal council, delhi development authority, delhi vidyut board and other civic bodies who are responsible for the management and upkeep of their land should be held accountable for any encroachment and strict punitive measures should be taken against them after fixing responsibility there should not be any dearth of funds for development of delhi members of parliament should be actively involved in all round development of delhi new delhi; sahib singh verma april 3, 2000 financial memorandumclause 4 of the bill provides that the central government shall provide alternate houses with all basic facilities to those who are living in slum areas the bill, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india clause 10 provides that the central government shall provide adequate funds for completion of plans and projects it is estimated that a sum of rupees four hundred crore will be involved as a recurring expenditure per annum  memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 11 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character