The Delhi Government on Monday announced the initiation of developmental works in 40 unauthorised colonies. Urban Development Minister Arvinder Singh lovely told Assembly that Government has issued orders for taking up development works in 40 more unauthorised colonies.
The Government had cleared hurdles for initiating development works in 91 unauthorised colonies in January and issued an order for facilitating basic infrastructure in them. “In total, we are taking up developmental works in 131 unauthorised colonies,” lovely said. SR
These colonies are not yet regularised and Government is in the process of regularising them. In September last year, the Government had regularised 895 colonies with certain riders, paving the way for their development on par with other areas in the city. The city Government had issued provisional regularisation certificates to over 1,200 unauthorised colonies ahead of Assembly polls in 2008.