In a breather to residents of Dwarka and Rohini areas, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Thursday decided to allow one-time rebate in surcharge to consumers who pay their outstanding bills in instalments but within a certain timeframe. Besides, lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung in DDA’s board meeting also decided to reduce the gap between interest paid by allottees and interest charged.
“Due to huge outstandings in payment of water bills against consumers at Dwarka and Rohini, a one-time rebate in surcharge may be allowed to consumers. The one-time rebate proposed was in the surcharge, which is charged due to delayed payment,” said a DDA official. The rebate, proposed, was 50 per cent in case the bills are paid within three months, 40 per cent in case the bills are paid within six months and 30 per cent if the bills are paid within nine months. The move will facilitate payment, safeguard interests of the consumers and will also affect realisation of outstanding amount.
In another decision, the authority decided to narrow the gap between the interests paid to the allottees and interest charged for delayed payment. “DDA will now pay simple interest at eight per cent instead of five per cent at present on registration deposits for all its future schemes and also in earlier alive schemes where deposit had been kept for more than three months from the last date of closure of that scheme. In case of delay in receipt of disposal cost of flats after 90 days from the date of demand-cum-allotment letter, compound interest at 12 per cent will be recovered from the allottees instead of 15 per cent compound interest being charged at present. The DDA also decided to change the land use for facilitating office building at Curzon Road Kasturba Gandhi Marg in planning Zone-D and for office building for Ministry of Human Resource Development. Besides, land in possession of Bhagini Nivedita College, Delhi University under GNCTD was also approved for change of land use from agricultural green belt to public and semi-public.