The Hindu 08.08.2012
Way clear to regularise 624 illegal colonies
The path has been cleared for regularisation of 624
unauthorised colonies in the Capital with clearance having been received
for them by the Delhi Government from the Archaeological Survey of
India, Forest Department, Delhi Development Authority, Revenue
Department and Municipal Corporation of Delhi.
Announcing
this on Tuesday, Delhi Urban Development Minister A.K. Walia said these
colonies are now free from all objections and a final report vis-à-vis
their status has also been submitted by the office of the Divisional
Commissioner.
This done, Dr. Walia said Delhi was all
set to usher in an era of planned development as the term
“unauthorised” tagged with many colonies would be abolished immediately
upon their regularisation.
Stating that residents of
these colonies had been waiting anxiously for regularisation for several
decades now, he said it was only through sustained efforts of the Urban
Development Department that positive results have been achieved.
The Minister said out of the 624 colonies, 202 are on private land and the remaining on government land.
“The
UD Department has taken the all important decision to finally grant
recognition to these colonies. The ownership under power of attorney
would also be converted formally through registered sale deeds. The
owners would also become entitled for loans against their registered
properties,’’ he said.
The Minister said the agencies
involved in developmental works would also undertake major
developmental works in these colonies resulting in substantial
improvement in the standard of living of the residents.
He said the civic bodies would be directed to take up works relating to civic amenities on war-footing in these colonies.
Reviewing status
Moreover,
he said, following regularisation the legislators would also be able to
spend their MLA Local Area Development funds in these colonies.
The
Minister said in all 1,639 colonies had applied for regularisation and
out of them 1,218 colonies had been issued provisional regularisation
certificates in 2008. As for the remaining around 700 colonies, he said
the process of regularisation was on.
The Urban
Development Department has been reviewing the status on weekly basis and
all objections are being cleared through coordinated efforts.
To
make a watertight case for these colonies, Dr. Walia said every step is
being taken as per the prescribed procedure and nothing is being left
to chance. The regularisation move, he claimed, would benefit around 40
lakh people in these colonies.
