Delhi Development Authority: Focus on Housing for 14 lakh Poor..!

About 14 lakh houses will come up in 5 new zones, called urban extensions In order to tackle the shortage of houses in the Delhi city, the DDA (Delhi Development Authority) has begun a survey to identify land for LIG (low income group) and MIG (middle income group) housing in Delhi.

The DDA would concentrate on LIG & MIG housing wherever plot of land is available. The land agency has not come up with new housing schemes since 2010.

DDA’s 2010 Housing Scheme..!

The process of identifying plot of land available for constructing LIG & MIG homes has begun. DDA are planning to construct such housing projects on smaller plots where 500 to 700 flats can be made.  This is necessary to meet the housing requirements of the city,

Under DDA’s 2010 housing scheme, buyers were supposed to get possession of most of the 16,000 odd flats by end of 2011, but the land agency is still completing the process of handing over flats to successful allottees.

The emphasis is on constructing houses for the EWS (economically weaker sections) to prevent more unauthorised colonies from cropping up in the Delhi city.

Urban Development Minister Mr.  Kamal Nath said, ''One lakh EWS houses should be built every year. We are trying to achieve this target”

Delhi has about  1.7 crore residents, according to official estimates. Master Plan - 2021 projects that the population will swell to about 2.3 crore by 2021, and estimates that an additional 24 lakh houses will be needed.

About 14 lakh of these new homes will come up in 5 new zones called urban extensions, created in fringe areas under the Master Plan.

These are near Najafgarh in Southwest Delhi;

Chhattarpur in South;

Kanjhawala beyond Rohini in Northwest;

near Nangloi and to the east of Narela along the Yamuna in North.

But work on these urban extensions has been put on hold as the DDA is looking at plot of land pooling instead of acquisition for the city’s growth.

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