The Hindu 18.05.2017
Delhi to get more land for housing
Eighty-nine villages in the city have been declared “urban” by the
Delhi government, in the first step towards land pooling that will
eventually allow housing to come up in what was rural land so far.
Delhi government, in the first step towards land pooling that will
eventually allow housing to come up in what was rural land so far.
As
per a gazette notification issued on Tuesday, the Urban Development
Department acted on the order of Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal to
convert 89 rural villages, 50 and 39 under the South Delhi Municipal
Corporation and the North Delhi Municipal Corporation respectively, to
urban.
The decision had been
pending for about two years as the Aam Aadmi Party government demanded
that it be given 10% of the land for making schools and hospitals. Land
in Delhi is controlled by the Lieutenant-Governor, and by extension the
Centre.
A senior AAP government official said on Wednesday that
the decision to convert the villages to urban areas had been taken
without the consent of the elected representatives.
