As the need for more houses is on the rise in the national Capital, the Delhi Development Authority has now decided to build nearly one lakh additional houses in the city by the end of this year. The announcement came by Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday as he kick started handing over possession letters to the winners of the 2014 Housing Scheme.
In a bid to provide housing facility to people who migrate to the capital city, Naidu directed the housing authority to take up construction of one lakh houses by the end of 2015 and informed that around 62,000 houses are already under various stages of construction and planning.He said Delhi Building Bylaws have been simplified by the government and no sanction is now required for construction on plots of upto 100 square metres.
Naidu said that the Government recently allowed freehold rights (from leasehold) to the residents of 23 Nazul estates whose leases had expired.Similarly, ownership rights have also been given to the residents of areas like Pahar Ganj, Darya Ganj, Karol Bagh, among others, who were till now paying ‘chulha tax’ and were not owners of their residences. The Minister directed DDA to organise special on-site camps to create awareness regarding the procedure of leasehold-to-freehold conversions in Nazul estates.