Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal gave a big push to Delhi's planned development and affordable housing after he approved the notification for declaring that 95 villages in Delhi come under DDA development areas under the Land Pooling Policy (LPP). The development of these 95 villages will result in over 25 lakh houses in the planned areas of the city. The villages come under the 1957 Delhi Development Act in five zones including Zone K-1, Zone L, Zone N, Zone P-II, and Zone J. Under this, affordable housing and infrastructure development can now be made possibleAfter approval, L-G tweeted, "Approved notification of 95 villages as development areas of DDA. In case the land pooled in five acres, the DDA will have to return 48 per cent of the land, according to the government.

Source: dna June 17, 2017 02:03 UTC