The Delhi Development Authority at its meeting on Friday unveiled a plan to take up construction of 67,846 economically weaker sections housing and low-cost dwelling units, while another 24,600 such units are in the conception stage.
The framing of the policy regarding regularisation of farmhouses was deferred as Delhi Government had requested for more time for offering their comments, the DDA said. The amnesty for farmhouses has become a contentious issue with non-official members of the Authority demanding that a decision on the regularisation of unauthorized colonies which affects the lives of more Delhi citizens be taken up first.
Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna also requested all the authority members to give their suggestions for review of the master plan currently being undertaken by the DDA.
A presentation made at the authority meeting said that the construction of 19,650 dwelling units has already been taken up and another 24,000 LIG houses are going to start soon. Under in-situ rehabilitation projects for slum areas, the DDA proposes to construct 10,886 units. For in-situ rehabilitation of slum clusters, Kathputli Colony and the slum cluster at Kalkaji will be taken up.
The Lieutenant-Governor directed that timelines for completion of the project be drawn up and adhered to alongside constant monitoring of projects.
Pre-fabrication method
The low-cost units which are using a modern pre-fabrication technique will be located at Rohini, Narela and Dwarka and will also allocate space for facilities of daily use like shops, parks, anganwadis, and milk booths. As per the building plan, these houses will have one living room, one bedroom, one kitchen, one bath and one water closet.
A presentation on the riverfront development was also made and it was informed that in accordance with the recommendation of the Master Plan a total area of 9,700 hectares on the banks of the River (‘O' Zone) was proposed to be developed as integrated project of recreational areas along with biodiversity parks.
