The DDA, which is currently reviewing the master plan 2021, plans to
allow residential units along linear ‘facility corridors’ in the areas
marked for urban extension in the Master Plan.

These facility corridors will link Metro stations and bus terminals
in the peripheral regions. Though the existing master plan has
provisions for commercial and recreational development along such
corridors, the use was strictly non-residential. The DDA now proposes to
include residential development in the list.

The proposal has already been approved by the committees reviewing
the master plan and it has been put up for suggestions and objections
from the public. Suggestions can be sent within the period of forty five
days.

 “Once the suggestions arrive, these will be discussed and the
objections or suggestions would be incorporated if needed. The proposal
will then be presented in the authority’s meeting and sent to the Union
urban development ministry for approval and notification,” said a senior
DDA official who did not wish to be named.

The proposal, after getting a final nod, is expected to hasten the
growth of urban extension areas of Delhi. The move will help in
development of areas such as Najafgarh, Burari, Ghitorni, Kanjhawla and
Bawana. The plans is also aimed at preventing unintended and unplanned
growth.

Though the proposal seems similar to the plans of creating
transit-oriented development corridors in different parts of the
capital, DDA officials said there was a slight difference between the
two.

“As part of the transit-oriented development corridors, intense
development is planned along Metro corridors with focus on maximum
number of people using the mass transit system. In the proposal meant
for urban extension, norms are being modified to allow residential
development also, if someone wants to do it,” the official said.