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1,639 Delhi colonies clear final hurdle
Delhi’s five million residents living in 1,639 unauthorised colonies will soon be on the city's civic map, being allowed access to water and power supply and all other amenities.
Delhi’s five million residents living in 1,639 unauthorised colonies will soon be on the city's civic map, being allowed access to water and power supply and all other amenities.
The long-pending issue of regularisation of these colonies —a third of the Capital's population lives there — has been resolved.
Simply put, residents of areas such as Chhatarpur and Mahipalpur in south Delhi, Uttam Nagar in the west, Madhu Vihar in the east and Azadpur in north Delhi will no longer live in the fear of demolition. Property prices are expected to zoom in these areas as owners will now be able to register, sell and buy property.
Some of the colonies are expected to get regularisation certificates by the end of July.
Defining the boundaries of the colonies was coming in the way of their regularisation. The Delhi government wanted aerial images of 2007 to be used for marking the area but the urban development ministry, which issued guidelines for regularising the colonies, wanted 2002 images to be considered.
On Wednesday, the ministry accepted the Delhi government's demand, allowing it to fix the boundaries as well as regularise the colonies.
The Delhi Development Authority has amended rules that will allow the government to issue regularisation orders. The authority has issued a notification.
Posh unauthorised areas such as Sainik Farms, Anantram Dairy and Mahendru Enclave, however, won’t benefit from the notification. The decision on their regularisation has been left pending by the ministry.
With the city battling water and electricity supply crunch, greater demand will put additional pressure on resources that are already in a short supply.
The city government will have to arrange additional supply and work with civic bodies to provide infrastructure such as roads, parks and community centres.
The government gave provisional regularisation certificates to 1,200 colonies in 2008 just in time for the assembly elections, which the Congress won.
The new notification comes after the defeat of the Congress in the recent civic elections and just in time for the 2013 assembly polls.
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