Parliament on Wednesday passed the much-awaited Bill to grant ownership rights to residents living in 1,731 unauthorised colonies in Delhi after the Rajya Sabha gave its approval by voice vote. The Lok Sabha had on November 28 passed the Bill, providing ownership rights to more than 40 lakh residents living in these unauthorised colonies.
The Bill, known as the National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Bill, 2019, states that there has been a phenomenal increase in the population of the National Capital Territory of Delhi in the last few decades owing to migration and other factors.
However, it says, the development of planned housing colonies has not kept pace with the requirement of burgeoning population.