DDA amends re-development of slum cluster plan: Taller buildings, more area for commercial works

L-G House officials said that the astir important was the quality to nine jhuggi clusters dispersed retired implicit an country of 5 kilometres truthful that the residents tin beryllium accommodated successful 1 conception and commercialized oregon remunerative activities, specified arsenic selling houses could beryllium carried retired successful the remainder of the areas.

The modification in policy volition let projects to beryllium much viable and much players could travel guardant for in-situ slum projects and thereby more houses could beryllium built, officials said.

The determination comes up of the Assembly elections owed successful Delhi aboriginal adjacent year.

The changes see expanding the Floor Area Ratio to 500, which means that the buildings tin beryllium taller, for residential and remunerative components successful the in-situ rehabilitation projects connected plots measuring 2,000 quadrate metres and more. Earlier, the FAR was 300 for the commercialized constituent and 400 for the residential component.

As per officials, earlier, lone 40% of the crippled country could beryllium utilized for commercialized and remunerative activities. This has present been accrued to 60%.

“This determination volition guarantee much fig of dwelling units for the slum dwellers arsenic good arsenic much commercialized abstraction to marque the task financially viable for the developers. This volition besides guarantee that 100 per cent of the beneficiaries (slum dwellers) volition beryllium accommodated in-situ,” officials said.

“The changes mean that the city’s scenery volition change. More lodging volition unfastened up for radical from each walks of beingness without displacing slum residents,” the authoritative said.

The approved connection volition present beryllium sent to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India for last notification.