15 residents apply for ownership rights in unauthorised colonies, say officials

A week after the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) launched the SWAGAM portal for regularisation of 1,511 unauthorised colonies, 15 residents have applied for ownership rights.

No application has so far been received for regularisation of houses through the portal, officials added.

Officials clarified that the 15 applications received till Wednesday were for ownership rights under the Delhi government’s Pradhan Mantri Unauthorised Colonies in Delhi Awas Adhikar Yojana (PM-UDAY) portal.

“The data shown on the portal is real-time. We have not received any application yet for regularisation,” an official said.

Under the process announced earlier, residents who do not have ownership rights under PM-UDAY are expected to receive them within a month, after which the MCD will take another month to process regularisation requests, officials said.

To spread awareness about the scheme and encourage more residents to apply for ownership rights and regularisation,

officials said awareness drives have been launched in unauthorised colonies.

“From Thursday, we started making announcements through auto-tippers that collect garbage every morning. A jingle is being played in the auto-tippers across all unauthorised colonies, requesting residents to obtain ownership rights and complete the regularisation process,” an official said.

The MCD is also planning to send direct messages to around 40,000 residents who had earlier secured ownership rights, he added.