The largest-ever housing scheme of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will be rolled out for city dwellers by July end, offering over 26,000 flats across various categories with most of them being built with ‘green technology’.
As many as 24,000 one-room apartments and another 2,000-2,500 flats are lined up in the DDA 2014 housing scheme, informed the DDA officials. The houses will be spread across Rohini, Narela and Dwarka and will range from Rs 14-15 lakh to Rs 1 crore. “We should be able to launch the largest-ever scheme by July-end,” DDA vice chairman Balvinder Kumar said. The much-awaited scheme comes four years after the DDA offered over 16,000 flats in its 2010 scheme.
“While 24,000 flats will be low-cost, the remaining 2,000-2,500 flats will be available across lIG, MIG and HIG categories. We will soon hold a meeting to discuss whether the one-room flats would be made available to all or only to the economically-weaker sections,” Kumar said adding that most of the houses are prefabricated and have green features, used for the first-time in DDA houses. “They are being built in accordance with the Master Plan Delhi, 2021,” he said. A senior official said the houses will be located in Rohini, Narela and Dwarka and which will be four-storeyed and above. According to Kumar, 15,000 flats would be ready by July while another “major chunk” will be ready by December. The remaining flats will be completed by March next year. Once the work is over, the flats would be made available to the applicants through draw of lots, he said.
Meanwhile, on the Kathputli Colony issue, Kumar said, “About 400-500 families have been shifted to the camp. We have already issued 700 slips to that effect.” These families - under the proposed plan - which is a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP) project between DDA and Raheja Developers for their in-situ rehabilitation — were to be shifted to a transit camp at Anand Parbat until the houses were ready in the colony.