Delhi Industries Minister Saurabh Bharadwaj on Wednesday held a meeting with representatives of factory owners' associations from 27 industrial areas at Secretariat to discuss the government's plans to revamp those areas.
The senior AAP leader assured trade organisations during the meeting that the AAP led Delhi Government is very serious about the development and maintenance of 27 unplanned industrial areas.
He mentioned that the government has been working with trade organisations for a long time to develop these areas and has come up with a scheme for their revamp. "Under this scheme, 90 per cent of the costs associated with the layout plan for the development of these industrial areas will be borne by the Delhi Government, while 10 per cent will be borne by the factory owners," he stated.
During the meeting, Chamber of Trade & Industry (CTI) Chairman Brijesh Goyal requested the minister to consider reducing the high fee for Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) map approvals in these 27 unplanned industrial areas. Goyal highlighted that there are 29 authorised industrial areas and 27 unplanned industrial areas in Delhi. Factory owners from these unplanned areas have requested the government to include the cost of MCD map approvals under the scheme. Bharadwaj agreed to this demand and instructed officials to consider a policy where map approval fees are in line with the government's scheme.