Steps being taken to resolve difficulties in land pooling scheme: Housing minister Hardeep S Puri

Union Minister of Housing and Urban affairs Hardeep S Puri said that the steps are being taken to resolve residual difficulties faced in implementation of land pooling scheme in Delhi and removing bottlenecks in Development & Control norms for unauthorized colonies. For the improvement of infrastructure in the unauthorised colonies, amendments has been proposed in the PMUDAY Regulations so that vacant land parcels can be utilized for creation of parks, schools, hospitals / dispensary for the benefit of residents. Many applicants under PM-UDAY are not in possession of valid ‘Will’ document. As on March 4, around 1,000 applications under PM-UDAY have been kept under abeyance due to unavailability of valid ‘Will’ or ‘Gift Deed’ documents. The proposed amendment for not treating valid ‘Will’ as a mandatory document will resolve the grievance of applicants whose applications have been kept on hold due to absence of valid Will. Puri said that more than 400,000 registrations have been completed by DDA under PM-UDAY. 12,009 Conveyance Deeds & Authorisation Slips have been issued. Land Pooling Scheme will benefit another 75 lakh people. Puri also said that ‘Jahan Jhuggi Wahan Makan ' Scheme for in-situ slum rehabilitation will benefit more than 50 lakh people by offering pucca homes to those living in informal settlements in Delhi. Three projects in Kalkaji, Jailorwala Bagh & Kathputli colony comprising 8,000 houses is already in progress. Development Control norms for Unauthorized Colonies are formulated with the aim to improve the quality of built environment, to provide continued affordable rental housing and to improve the existing physical and socioeconomic conditions in UCs. According to the ministry, 3024 EWS houses at Kalkaji Extension completed and the eligible households of JJ cluster Bhumiheen Camp, Kalkaji will be relocated shortly. Eligibility determination of 2700 JJ dwellers in Bhumiheen Camp, Kalkaji is in process. 679 declared eligible and draw and has been conducted. For remaining 2021, the dwellers have been asked to complete their documents within this month. Source: The Economic Times