In Uttar Pradesh, it has created a housing model that converts land recovered from the presumed criminal network into the house of those belonging to the economically weak community. In the period since Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assumed office in March 2017, the state has added additional powers aimed at attachment of property, destruction and confiscation of property under the Gangsters Act.
The figure of property related action in Uttar Pradesh has increased from ₹1,800 crore in August 2021 to a total of ₹9,022.33 crore till March 2023, according to the reported figures. It reached ₹11,841 crore in August 2023, ₹14,246 crore by the end of 2024 and ₹15,233 crore by October 2026.
The numbers refer to various legal phases. The attachment process makes property the subject of legal proceedings overnight, destruction actions eliminate illegal constructions, and legal property confiscation proceeds and leads to outright appropriation of the property by government through the required legal process.
148 Flats Completed in Prayagraj and Lucknow
So far, 148 flats have been reportedly completed and handed over/allotted to poor families on specifically identified recovered plots.
It is observed that in the town of Lukarganj, Prayagraj, the Prayagraj Development Authority (PDA) has built 76 flats through Pradhan Mantari Awas Yojana-Urban by reclaiming land from the routes of the late gangster-politician Atiq Ahmed. The cost of the project is around ₹6.6 crore, the keys were distributed to the beneficiaries on 30th June 2023.
Luk Mukhtiar Ansari of Dalibagh, Lucknow had its share of flats built by the Lucknow Development Authority on about 2322 square metres of land with the title of the economically weaker section. Allotment letters were sent out on November 5, 2025. These flats have a size of 36.65 sqm, and the price of each flat is ₹10.70 lakh.
The projects come at a different stage of completion, and represent only a small part of the campaign that broader efforts will be underway to go through the rest of the state.