The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Tuesday held the draw of lots for its Housing Scheme 2019 for which only 10,294 flats were put on offer, out of the original kitty of nearly 18,000 units.
Notably, in the final draw of lots, out of 10,294, only 8,438 flats were allotted in various categories from 45,012 applicants. The draw of lots for the scheme was online through DDA website and the process live screening was held at conference room of Vikas Sadan (DDA headquarters) on Tuesday.
However, the authority did not clear the fact why the number of flats on offer and applicants was reduced. Out of the 45,012 final applicants, 36,409 are from General category, 5,021 Scheduled Caste (SC) and 2,025 Scheduled Tribe (ST) and 97 war widows, among others. Persons with disability would be given first preference for allotment of ground floor flats, said an official.
The official further added that the computer-based draw of lots for the scheme is being held in the presence of retired high court judge S N Aggarwal, Professor Anshul Kumar of IIT-Delhi and deputy director general of National Informatics Centre Vishnu Chandra.
Earlier, the DDA had said that the scheme was for sale of nearly 18,000 newly-built flats in Delhi’s Vasant Kunj and Narela areas and it had received around 50,000 applications.
Many applicants, came to Vikas Sadan, complained that the DDA website was not opening after the end of the draw of lots, which started at 12:30 pm and lasted for over an hour.
Saroj Yadav, an applicant in the disabled category, was the first one to be picked up as an overall successful allottee, and got an MIG flat on ground floor in Vasant Kunj.
Ved Prakash Thakur was the first successful allottee in the general category, who got a flat on fifth floor in Vasant Kunj.Persons with disability are given first preference in the draw of lots to get the ground floor, the DDA official said
Many interested applicants also visited the DDA headquarters at Vikas Sadan at INA to watch the proceedings at Nagarik Suvidha Kendra, on a screen.
The DDA Housing Scheme 2019 was launched on March 25, offering flats across four categories. The deadline for application was extended by a month till June 10, after getting a low response. The deadline for the same was May 10 earlier. The flats were on offer in four categories — HIG, MIG, LIG and EWS.