The Hindu 25.03.2013
‘DDA building shopping centres in Dwarka’
After the question of shopping and community amenities made available to people living in Dwarka came up in the Lok Sabha this Budget Session, the Delhi Development Authority has stated that it was constructing 63 convenient shopping centres, 34 local shopping centres and 10 community centres in the sub-city.
The DDA said that only 10 convenient shopping centres and two local shopping centres were already developed. The land and housing agency said that mixed land use markets were already developed in Dwarka Sectors – 4, 5, 6, 10, 11 and 12 including a service centre in Sector 20.
Apart from this, the DDA said a shopping complex has started functioning in a community centre in Sector 17. It declared that Rs.2.5 crore have been allocated for commercial shopping centres in 2009-10, Rs.1.52 crore in 2010-11, Rs.1.1 crore in 2011-12, and Rs.90 lakh in 2012-13.
