The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has this time offered housing for people of all the socio-economic background in its latest and biggest housing scheme yet.
About 25,034 flats, which the agency has offered, will be ranging from Rs. 7 lakh to Rs. 1.2 crore across categories – Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Low Income Group (LIG), Middle Income Group (MIG), High Income Group (HIG), and Janta flats other than the one-room apartments.
DDA Vice-Chairman Balvinder Kumar said on Friday that of the flats being offered in the 2014 scheme, “22,627 would be one-bedroom apartments. Among others, 896 flats are constructed after 2010, with green technology”.
Most of the flats which are on offer, the largest lot consists of one bedroom (with one drawing room) apartments.
The one-bedroom apartment flats are in Dwarka, Rohini, Narela and Siraspur. These flats, which will be in the range of 33.29 sqm. to 48.50 sqm, will cost between Rs. 14.55 lakh and Rs. 22 lakh.
The MIG flats will cost between Rs. 41.30 lakh and Rs. 69.60 lakh and will come in the area range of 75.90 sqm to 126.81 sqm. The area of Janta flats will be 28.20 sqm.
Over 700 EWS flats being offered by the DLF at SBM complex will cost between Rs. 6.90 and Rs. 11 lakh and will be of 25 sqm to 40 sqm area range.
Out of 896 newly-built flats, 512 are MIG flats and 384 Janta flats, located in Mukherjee Nagar, Narela, Rohini, and Kalyan Vihar.
Officials said that there would be no income limits on one-bedroom apartments and any eligible candidate can apply. For EWS category, there will also be an option to pay the cost of the flats in instalments.
The criterion for EWS has been kept at Rs. 1 lakh per annum as the income.
The MIG flats would range from Rs. 41.30 lakh to Rs. 69.90 lakh and the Janta flats – one-room tenement with a kitchentte - would cost a little over Rs. 10 lakh, it said.
DDA is offering 700 flats for EWS category, which are part of the housing complex on Swatantra Bharat Mills premises at Rohtak Road.
The flats have been developed by a private builder as part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the DDA and the builder. The EWS flats are priced from Rs. 7 lakh to Rs. 11 lakh, the urban body said. Over 800 old flats located under different categories are also being offered, on account of them being cancelled or surrendered.
These old flats consist of 21 HIG flats, 49 MIG, 451 LIG, 129 expendable and 161 Janta flats. The cost ranges from Rs. 1.2 crore for HIG flats to Rs 5.4 lakh for Janta flats, DDA said. “The cost of these flats has been reduced keeping in mind the cost of disposal which includes depreciation provided in respect of the construction cost,” said Mr. Kumar.
The registration fee for all categories is Rs. 1 lakh per application and in respect of those belonging to Economically Weaker Sections the amount is fixed at Rs. 10,000. In addition to this, the cost of the application form will be Rs. 150. “Apart from the Rs. 1 lakh, those who apply online will have to pay Rs. 150 for the application form,” said a senior DDA official. However, those who apply online through various banks will have to pay a bit extra as they will levy some service charge, added the official.
