Puri reviews civic development work with LG

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, October 16

Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri today reviewed the Delhi development issues at a high-level meeting attended by Lt Governor Anil Baijal, Lok Sabha members from Delhi and mayors of the three Municipal Corporations of Delhi. This was first such meeting held today in Nirman Bhawan, sources said.

The sources said during the one-and-a-half-hour long meeting, implementation of the land pooling policy, growing traffic congestion, land management by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), issues relating to unauthorised colonies, delay in respect of Metro Phase-IV, resource constraints of the MCDs were raised.

Puri said regular interaction on issues pertaining to Delhi would help in addressing various bottlenecks and DDA and MCDs need to take necessary action on various issues raised in the review meetings for visible improvement.

According to the sources, the LG urged MPs and mayors to work in tandem for better results. Noting that it is easier to address issues relating to police, law and order and land which are under his direct control, he urged MPs and mayors to pursue more rigorously issues relating to transferred subjects coming under the jurisdiction of the Delhi Government.

Secretary (HUA) Durga Shanker Mishra informed the MPs and mayors that works for decongestion of traffic at Mahipalpur, EUR-1, ITPO and Kashmere Gate would be taken up very soon.

The MPs have suggested to the ministry and the DDA to examine if the same share of developed land could be given to land owners irrespective of the size of the land pooled under the Land Pooling Policy. This policy proposed to give 60 per cent of developed land back to owners if the pooled land is above 20 hectares and 48 per cent if it is between 2 and 20 hectares.

The MPs and mayors stressed the need for more foot over bridges in different parts of the city and the need to ensure that the Delhi Metro services are available to the people of rural areas, the sources added.