The construction of more than 10,000 flats to be taken up by the DDA at the cost of Rs2,500 crore has been held up for “environment” clearance from the Delhi Government. leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijender Gupta on Wednesday demanded that lt-Governor Najeeb Jung get the delay investigated and direct the Delhi Government to take early action since he is the head of both Delhi Government and DDA.
“All the formalities, including tendering procedure, for construction of these houses have been completed. These flats are to be constructed by the DDA at Narela, Dwarka, Jasola and Jailorwala Bagh. Though majority of the flats are meant for EWS category, there are adequate number of flats for lIG, MIG & HIG categories also. Though the Kejriwal Government has been in power for quite some time now; its Department of Environment has not taken up the issue affecting lakhs of people. A number of housing projects remain standstill despite all clearances by DDA,” said Vijender Gupta.
The leader of Opposition said that the list of works have been held up due to environment clearance include construction of 1,696 EWS and 280 categories-II houses (Design and built model) in Pocket-I A, Sector A-1, to A-4 in Narela at a cost of Rs289 crore; construction of 1,561 EWS and 419 category-II houses (Design & Built model) earmarked in Pocket-IB, Sector A1 to A-4 in Narela at a cost of Rs500 crore and construction of 2,128 EWS and 348 category-II houses (Design & Built model) earmarked in Sector- A1 to A-4 in Narela at a cost of Rs340 crore.
Gupta further said that construction of 1,240 HIG houses on turnkey basis at Sector-19B at Dwarka at a cost of Rs620 crore could not be started. Similarly, the construction of HIG Houses at Pocket 19B at Jasola at a cost of Rs110 crore could not be started for want of environment clearance.