Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Wednesday said nearly 1.35 crore Delhi residents, including 10 lakh slum dwellers, will benefit from various redevelopment initiatives, including 'Jahan Jhuggi Wahin Makan', undertaken by the Centre in the city.
Holding the AAP led Delhi Government responsible for delay, the Union Minister alleged that there are 299 JJ clusters where the responsibility for rehabilitation has been cast on Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), which falls under Delhi government and unfortunately, no work has been carried out so far.
“In Delhi there are 675 clusters, out of which 376 clusters (comprising 1.72 lakh households) are on DDA and Central Govt lands. DDA has completed survey of 210 clusters, wherein application forms of the dwellers have been taken through digital mode. The Survey work of remaining 166 will commence immediately after municipal elections and will be completed by March 2023,” Puri said while addressing a press conference.
“The planned re-development and rehabilitation work is not restricted to only Jhuggi Jhopri clusters in the national capital but also covers work done for group housing societies, housing for middle class through various schemes of DDA, for farmer residing in the rural areas,” said Puri. SR
He said that Master Plan 2041, which is in final stages now, is going to be a visionary document to usher a new era of development of Delhi. It will have policies for regeneration of existing colonies and development, greenfield development through land pooling and green development area policy and build modern infrastructure in the capital city.
Speaking about the regeneration of housing in Master Plan, the Union Minister said that the city of Delhi has a built form which is more than 50 years old. The housing colonies developed in the 1970s by DDA are Hauz Khas, Shekh Sarai, Malviya Nagar, munirka, Rajinder nagar, etc. The FAR for group housing was 133 in the 1962 plan till 1981, it was enhanced to 167 in the 2001 plan. In 2021 FAR was enhanced to 200, and regeneration FAR (after demolishing and rebuilding) is envisaged in the master plan for Delhi-2041, at a fixed rate ranging from 260 to 340, depending on the plot size, larger the plot size, higher the FAR.
The minister said that the provision of regeneration has been incorporated in the Draft MPD 2041 which will help the people of Delhi to redevelop/reconstruct their old dilapidated structure with provision of enhanced FAR to make their living condition better and safe. The above provisions would cater to increase in Dwelling Unit size / number of dwelling units and toilets to cater to increase in family size and population, improvement in layout, accessibility through road network plan and improvement in parking.
He further said that DDA has been working to fulfill the housing dreams of city residents and the schemes are estimated to cater to the needs of 1.35 crore citizens. Central government has already constructed 3024 dwelling units in Kalkaji where the possession of EWS units is underway to eligible jhuggi dwellers of Bhommiheen camp. Within next few months, the government is going to complete the Jailorwala Bagh project, wherein 1675 JJ dwellers will be rehabilitated on similar lines. Another Project, namely Kathputli Colony is underway, which is likely to be completed next year.
