DDA conducts draw of lots for allotment of newly built flats to slum dwellers at Kalkaji Extension

New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Friday conducted a draw of lots for the allotment of newly constructed flats at Kalkaji Extension in South Delhi on a public-private partnership basis, to the second batch of slum dwellers

New Delhi: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Friday conducted a draw of lots for the allotment of newly constructed flats at Kalkaji Extension in South Delhi on a public-private partnership basis, to the second batch of slum dwellers. The land-owning agency on Friday allotted flats to 673 eligible residents, said the DDA officials.

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“We will complete the allotment process by the end of this month or by the first week of July. During our survey, we found that 2,890 people were eligible to receive a flat at the new complex. We provided allotment-cum-demand letters to 903 beneficiaries in February, and now 673 more people have received letters for the same,” said a senior DDA official, requesting anonymity.

This is the first in-situ redevelopment project conceived and executed by the land-owning agency, according to DDA officials. Conceived in 2011, the plan was to rehabilitate a total of 8,461 families from three slum clusters -- Jawaharlal Nehru Camp, Navjeevan Camp and Bhoomiheen Camp in Kalkaji’s Govindpuri -- in a phased manner. Around 3,024 flats were to be constructed on a nearby empty plot in the first phase; in the subsequent two phases, the DDA plans to construct the remaining flats on the land vacated by the slum dwellers.

“The flats will be allotted for a fee of ₹1,42,000, including ₹30,000 as maintenance charge, for five years,” said another senior DDA official, requesting anonymity.