more-inAbout 6,500 flats allotted last year under the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) housing scheme have been surrendered by the allottees, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. The DDA has offered about 4,500 of these flats for allotment to organisations such as Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Border Security Force (BSF), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) for accommodation of their personnel deployed in various parts of Delhi, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri said in a written reply. ‘No specific reason’“The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has intimated that about 6,500 flats allotted under the DDA Aawasiya Yojana-2017, have been surrendered by successful allottees,” he said. The Minister said “no specific reasons” have been given by the allottees, while some of the applicants have stated that built-up area of the allotted flat was not sufficient to meet their requirements. The Minister said the Delhi Development Authority has intimated that that there was no scope for further reduction in rates of these flats as they were offered on “no profit, no loss basis”.

Source: The Hindu February 06, 2018 19:41 UTC