DDA receives 41k applications as deadline ends

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 12

The extended deadline of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for submission of forms ended yesterday and it finally received nearly 41,000 applications for its new housing scheme, which offers 12,000 flats across four income categories – HIG, MIG, LIG and Janta flats.

The DDA has sold about 90,000 application forms, sources said.

The 2017 Housing Scheme, which offers 12,000 flats ranging from close to Rs 7 lakh to over Rs 1.26 crore, was launched on June 30.

The flats are spread across Rohini, Dwarka, Narela, Vasant Kunj, Jasola, Pitampura, Paschim Vihar and Siraspur.

Of the 12,000 flats, around 10,000 unoccupied ones are from the 2014 housing scheme, while 2,000 have been lying vacant.

The draw of the lots is slated to be conducted in the first week of November and could be streamed online.

The four categories of houses are — HIG with 87 flats ranging from Rs 53.52 lakh to Rs 126.81 lakh; MIG with 404 flats ranging from Rs 31.32 lakh to Rs 93.95 lakh; LIG or one-bed room flats numbering 11,197 and ranging from Rs 14.50 lakh to Rs 30.30 lakh; and 384 Janta flats ranging from Rs 7.07 lakh to Rs 12.76 lakh.

The DDA is making every possible effort to address all concomitant issues, including water supply and transportation. Some areas like Narela and Rohini have connectivity issues and some of flats need repair, but before allotting the flats, the DDA will make them fit to move in as well, the sources said.

The 2014 scheme offered 25,040 flats across categories, with prices ranging between Rs 7 lakh and Rs 1.2 crore. The online response was so massive that the DDA's official website crashed soon after the launch.

The one-bedroom flats were offered in Dwarka, Rohini, Narela and Siraspur areas.