The Delhi Development Authority has got a new Vice-Chairman. The Noida Authority’s Chairman Balvinder Kumar and a 1981 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as the Vice-Chairman of DDA, the premiere Housing agency of the national Capital. Kumar will be replacing D Diptivilasa, another 1981 batch IAS officer of UP cadre.
“The order has come for Balvinder Kumar to take charge as the new Vice-Chairman of DDA. But the date of his joining is yet to be finalized owing to some officials formalities,” said a source in the DDA. Kumar who previously also held the position of Chief Executive Officer-cum-Chairman of the Noida Authority has also held positions as a Development Commissioner (Handlooms) of the Ministry of Textiles. Once he assumes the office, Kumar will have a plethora of aspects to look into. Starting with the lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung’s direction to look into the quality of housing and relaxing the system of change of land use from leasehold to freehold, he will also have to look into the approval of various proposals coming under the Master Plan Delhi (MPD), 2021.
Former V-C of the authority, D Diptilvilasa was having additional charge of this post who took charge from SK Srivastava, a 1980 batch IAS officer of the Union Territory cadre in February 2013.