The Delhi Development Authority’s plan to set up residential units along ‘facility corridors’ in the Capital is likely to get green signal from lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung on Monday. Once passed, this amendment in the Master Plan Delhi 2021 will open new areas in the city for housing projects. The plan will have its main focus on regions located on the outskirts of Delhi which include areas like Khanjhawala, Ghitorni, Najafgarh, Burari and Bawana.
After being passed by DDA’s board of directors, the proposal will then be moved to the Centre for the final clearance. The proposal had been approved by the committees reviewing the master plan and was put up for suggestions and objections from the public. “The final public suggestions and objections have been taken and the proposal with amendments will be put up in front of the board on Monday,” said an official.
While the initiative is expected to prevent unplanned and unintended growth in the city, it will certainly give a major boost to residential real estate development in outer Delhi. The plan envisages allowing residential units along ‘facility corridors’ earmarked in the MPD 2021 for urban extension. These corridors, part of the larger Transit Oriented Development (TOD) of the Capital, were originally meant to be commercial and recreational centres, and strictly non-residential.
So far the housing and land owing authority have received over 300 suggestions. Out of these suggestions, the authority has picked up one which proposes to increase the floor area ratio (FAR) of community centres and district centres to bring it at par with the commercial centre in developed areas that have 250 FAR. The amendment required for the plan to be implemented is in MPD 2021’s chapter 5 — Trade and Commerce — where the term ‘non-residential’ in para 5.7.1 will be changed to ‘residential’ in the definition of land usage in the facility corridor.