Naidu launches DDA housing scheme; 12,000 flats on offer

Tribune News Service

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New Delhi, June 30

Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu today launched a new housing scheme of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) with 12,000 flats on offer.

Addressing a gathering, Naidu said the scheme had been linked with the Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yohna as "the vision of our government is to provide affordable housing by 2022".

"This is a step in that direction," he said.

Saying that people of the city should fully utilise the scheme, the Minister said that most of the flats are in Rohini, Dwarka, Narela, Vasant Kunj, Jasola, Pitampura and Paschir Vihar.

All the flats have been made with green technologies.

Around 10,000 unoccupied flats are from the 2014 housing scheme, while 2,000 flats had been lying vacant.

"We are happy to launch the new scheme. We have printed adequate number of application forms. There are various logistical constraints involved in launching a scheme of this magnitude, so we wanted to ensure that everything was in order before going public," a senior official said.

The urban body has tied up with 10 banks for the sale of application forms and scheme-related transactions.

The banks are Axis Bank, Yes Bank, IDBI, Bank of Baroda, Central Bank, SBI, Kotak Mahindra, HDFC, ICICI and Canara Bank.

The housing authority had set mid-June as the target date for the launch of the scheme, which was earlier slated to be announced by February.

 Delhi Development Authority Vice-Chairman Udai Pratap Singh said this was the 46th scheme being launched by the housing authority.

"Till 2022, we plan to build 20,000 flats per year to meet the requirements of people in the national Capital," he said.