Guidelines for JJ clusters to be framed
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, January 6
To improve the living conditions of the people of JJ clusters of Delhi, all the 685 such clusters will be taken up for redevelopment in the next five years, Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu said.
Naidu said that Delhi needs to be made slum-free to enable seamless urban development. Responding to the issue of operation of mafia elements coming in the way of slum redevelopment, he said that such elements would be weeded out with an iron hand.
After detailed discussions at a meeting with senior official of the department concerned, it was decided that necessary guidelines would be evolved in the next week jointly by the Central and Delhi governments. Redevelopment of JJ clusters of Delhi could be considered based on the models followed in Gujarat, Mumbai and Chennai as appropriate, the Minister said.
He said that cut-off date of June 2014 will be considered for identifying the beneficiaries in JJ clusters.
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