DDA Begins Land Titles Verification for Pooling

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has started the scrutiny of revenue records of land being offered under the land pooling policy. Till last week, the authority has verified ownership title of land details submitted by 1,371 applicants with the revenue department of the Delhi government. The DDA has received over 6,000 applications so far. The policy covers urban extension areas of Delhi, comprising 95 villages falling in Zones J, K-I, L, N and P-II such as Sultanpur Dabas, Daryapur Khurd, Jhuljhuli, Ibrahimpur, Salahpur Majra, and Batwarpur. Based on a public-private partnership to increase economic opportunities and meet housing demand in a time-bound manner, the authority will develop infrastructures like roads, schools, hospitals, community centres and stadia on the pooled land under the policy. After the development, a portion of the plot will be returned to farmers who can later execute housing projects with help of private builders. For inclusive planning and development, the policy allows residential floor area ratio (FAR) of 200 and 15 per cent additional FAR for the development of economically weaker section (EWS) housing.