Delhi Development Plan
DDA has made a remarkable change in the land acquisition policy by approving land pooling policy in March. The policy was cleared by the Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung. Click here to read more.
Delhi New Zones Map
Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is set to unleash in the next few years in the Capital. About 20 lakh residential units will come up on the outskirts of the Capital on about 24,000 hectares of land that will be developed, READ MORE...
New Delhi Master Plan 2021
New Delhi Master Plan 2021 has allocated 277 sq km for future urbanization by 2021. In the last fifty years, DDA has acquired 75,609.84 hectares and developed it for residential, recreational, commercial and institutional purposes. READ MORE...
Mr. Balvinder Kumar, IAS, Vice Chairman, Delhi Development Authority (DDA)
Mr. Balvinder Kumar, IAS, Vice Chairman, Delhi Development Authority (DDA),Guest of Honour, sharing his vision about the Land Pooling Policy of DDA in Conference organized by New India Initiative Foundation. READ MORE...
DDA Land Pooling Policy Got Approvals On Regulations to Operationalize
DDA has approved the regulations for operationalisation of this land pooling policy wherein public private partnership in land assembly and its development has been envisaged. READ MORE...
Wednesday 16 September 2015
Delhi Smart City in the Making
Wednesday 15 April 2015
Smart City Project to Come Up Before Cabinet on April 22, 2015
To begin with, the “Smart City” project would include 20 cities and the number would subsequently go up to 100.
Every city has been earmarked Rs 100 crore each for the project. The project has been at a consultative stage since the NDA government announced it in May 2014.
“A Cabinet note has been prepared for the Smart City project and is likely to come up for approval on April 22,” said a senior UD ministry official. Prime Minister Modi is presently on a three-nation tour and the next Cabinet meeting is expected to be held on April 22 when he returns.
Aiming at upgrading the basic infrastructure in cities, the new urban renewal mission, which replaces UPA’s flagship JNNURM, is likely to be named “Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation” (AMRUT) after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The official, however, said no such name has been finalised yet.
The proposed urban mission will take up projects related to sanitation, drinking water, urban transportation and sewerage among others.
As far as the Smart City project is concerned, it will be mostly taken up with active participation of private players and partnership with state governments and urban local bodies.
Continuous supply of water and electricity, advanced health facilities, hassle-free transportation system, wi-fi enabled zones, effective garbage collection and treatment of garbage and sewage are some of the essential components of the Smart City project.
The urban local bodies will have to undertake certain reforms in order to be eligible to be part of the Smart City project, the official added.
Source: Indian Express
Wednesday 8 April 2015
DDA To Make Farmers Aware of Land Pooling Policy
According to the 2021 Delhi Master Plan, the DDA has been mandated to undertake urbanization of about 20,000 hectares of land, which can accommodate a population of about five million, through this policy.
These agencies could be either NGOs or private bodies who have the requisite knowledge on the issue of land.
The department will be responsible for the overall planning and redevelopment of the land in a time-bound manner while encouraging the participation of the private sector.
The redevelopment could range from constructing group-housing societies and providing infrastructure to the farmers.
“We have noticed that about 50 to 60 per cent of the farmers in the state are not aware of the policy. Therefore, we have decided to develop a strategy wherein farmers can be educated and can participate in the development process to avail the benefits of the policy for their prosperity,” a senior DDA official said.
Explaining the concept further, the official said, “There is a need to consult agencies which can spread awareness about the policy and encourage interested farmers to provide their land for redevelopment. For instance, in case a farmer is willing to give about 10 acres of land we may develop 48 per cent of it and the remaining may be utilised for infrastructural development like construction of roads. The farmers should be willing if the policy is explaining properly, since land lies under-utilised in many areas. The barren land may be used for better purposes which will only profit the farmers.”
The official said that the agencies’ job would be mainly to interact with farmers at the village level and spread awareness, and assist them in applying for the policy through proper documentation.
Dated: 7th April 2015
Monday 6 April 2015
Delhi’s Smart City - Spain Spells Out Technical Terms
Reportedly, Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu had held a meeting with officials of the ‘Barcelona Regional’ five months ago after a brief visit to Spain to seek “technical expertise” to construct the smart city, which will be spread over 20-24 hectares.
Sources said officials from Spain met the vice-chairman of the Delhi Development Authority recently with the MoU, explaining the terms of cooperation, which the department will now process and submit to the urban development ministry.
According to the MoU, the coordinators for the project will be the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of the Government of the Kingdom of Spain, ICEX Spain Trade and Investments and the urban development ministry.
Sources said the memorandum states that expertise will be provided on issues of urban planning and management, infrastructure, water management, housing, waste management, mobility, energy and utilities, sanitation, environment and public goods and services.
Sources said a Joint Working Group meeting will be held alternatively in India and Spain every year, as part of the terms.
“The project has been proposed to de-congest the capital and facilitate it with all amenities. Focus will be to build global educational and health institutes and entertainment facilities. The city will be zoned out of Dwarka, Rohini and Narela and will be equipped with the latest technologies and waste management techniques,” a ministry official said.
Twenty-four hours’ water supply, WiFi, green technology, rainwater harvesting and waste management techniques will also be part of the project. Naidu, at a public function, had said apart from its modern buildings and the fact that it is an “advanced city”, Barcelona “has preserved its old architecture. We also want to preserve our traditional architecture, that India is so richly endowed with, even as we embrace modernity”.
Source: Indian Express
Dated: 6th April 2015
Saturday 4 April 2015
Land-Pooling Policy of MPD 2021: Vision for Smart Delhi - Report By NIIF
Various questions, that were addressed in the conference were:
- Is Delhi ready for such a makeover?
- Will a common man get a house at affordable price?
- How will land owners in different parts of Delhi, developers, infrastructure providers, service providers and DDA covert to deliver a workable solution under the Policy to create Smart Delhi?
DDA L Zone - FAQs
Let's see what experts say about it.
What is L zone and where is it?
What is land pooling policy? Under the Land Pooling Policy, the land owners can surrender their land into a central pool and be a stakeholder in the development that occurs on the land. Once the land is pooled, the land owner would get 40-60% of the total given land as developable land (Read Details Here). DDA would retain the rest of the area for development of roads, sewage facilities, civic amenities and other public utilities. Once these facilities are developed, developers and housing societies will be allowed to start their construction activities. Land Pooling policy has been approved and the process of giving up of land and approval of projects is being waited for.
Tuesday 24 March 2015
DDA L Zone - All About It
In all this hustle-bustle, a lot of questions must be there like :
- What is DDA L Zone and Where is it?
- Land Pooling Policy !! What is it ?
- Should one put his/her money in it ?
What is L zone and were is it?
"L Zone, Delhi" is located in South-West Delhi and spread across 22,840 hectare of land. It is located in very close proximity to Dwarka Sub City and Gurgaon. It also enjoys well connectivity and closeness to IGI Airport. DDA is developing it in order to meet the growing need of residential apartments in Delhi.
DDA, under its Master Plan 2021 has divided Delhi into 15 Zones for development. L Zone is one of them as the largest zone as well the zone with proposed 1st Smart City of Delhi NCR. Its strategic connectivity to IGI, Gurgaon, Dwarka expressway and Dwarka Sub City gives it an edge too.
Under land pooling policy, land owners can surrender their land holding into central pool and be a stakeholder to the development proposed on their land. Once the land is pooled, the land owner would get back 40-60% of total land surrendered as developable land. DDA would have remaining area for development of roads, drainage, sewerage and other civic amenities. Once developed, the developers/housing societies will be allowed to start their construction plans.
Land pooling policy has been approved by the Gazette Notification no. 2076 dated 6th Sep 2013, and process of surrender and approval of individual project is awaited.
Read More Here
Should one put his/her money in DDA L Zone ?
L Zone, Delhi is a very good opportunity for both home buyers as well as investors as its in early stage of planning. Home buyers can avail early bird opportunity and can own their residential apartment in this premium location that too at affordable price. The investors can also look ahead for greater returns from their investments.
It seems to be the right time to invest in L Zone under the DDA Master plan 2021, however one should keep in mind that actual implementation of the plans on ground may take some time. After all, Rome wasn’t built in a day. So, With a willingness to wait for some years for the investment to grow, real estate investors can get remarkable return on their investments.
In brief : DDA L Zone is a happening to be a highly sought after residential zone in the coming five years. It is emerging as most sought after real estate investment destination in Delhi and if any time is the ideal time to invest in property in DDA L zone, the time is now.
Tuesday 3 March 2015
DDA Land Pooling Policy Got Approvals on Regulations to Operationalize
This policy will enable urban development in a speedy way where the role of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will be that of a facilitator, the housing authority said.
The details of the policy can be viewed on DDA's official website.
The Master Plan of Delhi 2021 envisages development of about 24,000 hectares of land for accommodating additional 48 lakh population in the national capital by the year 2021.
"DDA in its meeting held on 7.11.2014 has approved the regulations for operationalisation of this land pooling policy wherein public private partnership in land assembly and its development has been envisaged," the DDA said in a statement.
"This policy has been evolved based on the principles of the equality and involvement of the participants in urban development even if their land is falling in the green or road infrastructure or other areas where this land policy shall be applicable," it said.
This land policy is outcome of the planning efforts in the last 10 years which empowered the public for their participation in the city development process, it said.
The regulations for this policy have been worked out in consultation with the stakeholders, general public and to have a wider participation, these were put up on the DDA website for inviting suggestions in the month of January.
Source: ET
Monday 2 March 2015
Smart City of India - Delhi to be the First
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Source: India West
Smart City Delhi Pilot Plan - Starting from Three Locations
The DDA has suggested the areas at a meeting that was attended by a delegation from Spanish government led by minister of trade Jaime Gracia-Legaz Ponce. Sources, who did not wish to be named, said Spanish government has shown keen interest to associate itself with making Delhi a smart city.
Delhi Master Plan 2021 - DDA Approves Environment and Transport Chapters
The revised Environment chapter envisages creation of a sustainable physical and social environment for improving quality of life as major objectives of the Master Plan for Delhi (MPD) 2021.
Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) being the highlight of the Transport chapter will facilitate people to live, work and seek entertainment in a zone that balances commercial and residential areas with an integrated network of smart transport facilities.
"TOD will be applicable within 500 m influence zone of the (centre line of) MRTS (Mass Rapid Transit System) corridors. The norms will facilitate more people to live, work and seek entertainment within walking distance of stations.
"This will also seek to balance/redistribute densities over the city along MRTS corridors," the DDA budget, passed by the Authority on Monday, said.
As per the norm, a maximum FAR (Floor Area Ratio) of 400 and a maximum density of 2,000 persons per hectare (PPH) is permissible for purposes of infrastructure planning, it said.
The first TOD project at Karkardooma in east Delhi will be taken up and a memorandum of understanding between DDA and National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) which will be taking up the project on behalf of DDA was also approved in the meeting.
TOD norms allow for mix of incomes within communities with shared public spaces, greens, recreational facilities and amenities which will minimise gentrification and create more community-oriented development, it said.
Among other decisions taken by DDA on Monday was rationalisation of user conversion charges for old markets in Delhi, which will affect around 80 such markets like Sarojini Nagar Market, Khan Market, Green Park Extension, among others.
The Authority in its meeting approved the conversion charges to be reduced to 25 per cent of the difference between commercial rates and residential rates of the area.
"These charges which were earlier Rs. 89,094 per sqm of built-up area will get reduced to Rs. 22, 274 per sqm of built-up area," the DDA said in a statement.
These shopping-cum-residential area were constructed much before the Master Plan Delhi 1962 by real estate firm DLF.
Among other approvals made by the urban body is the transfer of building activities in respect of colonies to North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC).
"The building activities of de-notified area will be transferred to concerned Corporation, which is North Delhi Municipal Corporation," DDA said.
The colonies which fall in these development areas are -- Mianwali Nagar, Paschim Puri, Nagin Lake Apartment, Ekta Enclave, SBI Colony, Shubham Enclave, Adarsh Apartments, among others.
The Budget was presented by the Finance Member, DDA Venkatesh Mohan. The budget expenditure for the year 2015-16 has been set at Rs. 9,000 crore approximately presenting a growth of 172 per cent over revised Estimate (RE) of 2014-15. This contrasts with growth rates of 50 per cent or so during the past year.
The housing authority said that its main activities during 2015-16 will be in the areas of construction of houses, development and disposal of lands, creation of infrastructure, expansion of greens and other miscellaneous activities.
The Budget also earmarked Rs. 750 crore in RE 2014-15 and Rs. 800 crore in BE 2015-16 for expansion of greens. Five sports complexes have also been envisaged, it said.
DDA has also earmarked grants to DMRC amounting to Rs. 313.50 crore each during RE 2014-15 and BE 2015-16.
A sum of nearly Rs. 360 crore has also been set aside towards maintenance fund for the first time in the context of Housing Scheme 2014.
Smart City - Delhi On Way to be Smart City, Spain to Partner
This is further to the confirmation of participation of the US experts for the development of Allahabad, Ajmer & Vishakhpatnam. Germany too has shown interest to contribute.
Ramesh Menon of Certes, an expert on the smart cities avers that “this latest move makes ample sense to both sides, considering the relative slow down in the European economy, and the Indian apetite for investments yielding higher returns.” The Spanish Ambassador in India, Gustavo de Aristegui Gonzalez said that it was an ‘exciting opportunity’ for his country to strengthen bilateral co-operation. The MoU between the two entities would initiate special focus for evolving the Delhi master plan for a ‘Smarter Delhi’.
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Ramesh Menon also mentioned that a French delegation, including Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius and Sustainable Development & Energy Minister Segolene Royal also visited the city for consultations with Indian authorities. Their areas of interest seems the clean energy initiative & sustainable development. They would also contribute towards the development of smart cities & transportation infrastructure
Thursday 19 February 2015
Mr. Balvinder Kumar, VC, DDA Speaks in Land Pooling Policy Conference
Delhi Land Distribution For Master Plan
- 1,159 hectare in Zone-A (Old City);
- 2,304 hectare in Zone-B (City Extension and Karol Bagh);
- 3,959 hectare in Planning Zone-C ( Civil Lines);
- 6,855 hectares in Zone D (New Delhi);
- 8,797 hectares in Planning Zone-E (East Delhi);
- 11,958 hectares in Zone-F (South Delhi I);
- 11,865 hectares in Planning Zone-G (West Delhi I);
- 5,677 hectares in Zone-H (North-West Delhi I);
- 15,178 hectares in Zone-J (South Delhi II);
- 5,782 hectares in Zone K-I (West Delhi II) and
- 6,408 hectares in Zone K-II Dwarka;
- 22,840 hectares in Zone-L (West Delhi III);
- 5,073 hectares in Zone-M (North West Delhi II);
- 13,975 hectares in Zone-N (North West Delhi III);
- 80,70 hectares in Zone-O (River Yamuna-River Front);
- 9,866 hectares in Zone P-I (Narela) and
- 8,534 hectares in Zone P-II (North Delhi).