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New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has come up with a plan to provide 65,000 flats for the economically weaker sections, lower and middle income groups over the next four years.
The tendering for the first lot 40,000 flats meant for the economically weaker sections (EWS) and lower income group will begin in October or November.
Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy said, "To meet the acute housing shortage, the DDA is embarking on the construction of 40,000 dwellings. The tender documents are ready and the construction will be fast, with the adoption of pre-fabricated technology."
The first lot of around 8,000 flats will be ready by mid-2011 and they will be distributed by a lottery system. These flats will be located around Dwarka, Rohini and Narela and are likely to cost between Rs 10-15 lakh, an official informed.
At the same time, the Authority will take up the construction of another 10,000 flats for the middle income group.
An official informed, "The tendering for middle income group flats will begin two months after the tendering for houses for economically weaker sections and the lower income groups."
The flats could cost around Rs 30 lakh and may be located in areas like Vasant Kunj. The DDA has already finalised the locations, but the official refused to share further details.
Another 15,000 flats under various housing projects, the construction of which is already underway, will be ready by 2011, Reddy said. These flats, which will be available in phases starting from 2009, are meant for economically weaker sections, the lower and the middle income groups.
The minister promised that every year, starting 2009, around 10,000 flats will be completed and allotted to the public.
Reddy added, "We will try to build around 47,500 dwelling units of 25 square meters under a public-private partnership model."
The land presently occupied by the slum-dwellers will be made available to developers. He said, "They will construct EWS houses in accordance with the number identified by the DDA, so that slum-dwellers can be given apartments in multi-storeyed buildings."
The Union Urban Development Minister, Jaipal Reddy, said on Monday that the Centre will soon clear the Delhi Masterplan.
"The plan envisages involvement of private sector, for the first time, in land development and provision of infrastructure services. We need to finalise the zonal plans in next few months, so that the features of the Masterplan can be visualised", Reddy said.
(Posted on : 01/07/2009)
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