DDA Slum Rehabilitation Policy: Dwellers Get Prime

Importance
Following Mumbais footsteps, Delhi
Development Authority (DDA) has
drafted a slum Rehabilitation Policy. In
addition to control encroachments in
Delhi, it also is a step forward in
achieving the ambitious vision of
Housing for All by 2022. Thus, lets take
a look at some of the aspects of the
drafted policy and analyse its significance for both slum dwellers as well as
real estate developers.
The First Step: Identifying the Slums and Getting the Consent
At present, there are 291 slums on DDA land. Thus, the first step involves a
survey for identifying slums that will be carried out based on the dates
decided by the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB). The key
highlight of the survey will be the consent of the slum dwellers for
participating as for the scheme to start, consent of about 70 per cent or
more is mandatory.
Further, the survey will focus on information such as land occupied by the
slum dwellers, number and type of structures such as residential,
commercial, and industrial; and the list of eligible and also ineligible
occupants.
Eligibility Factor
All the slum dwellers including commercial
accommodation in the redevelopment.

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Slum dwellers whose names are on the electoral roll of 1st January 2009 or
prior electoral rolls and are currently residing in the Jhuggies will come under
the purview of the scheme.

What if somebody doesnt join the Scheme?

For dwellers who do not join willingly, there will be provision for their
dwellings units as well. However, if they do not join the scheme even after
three weeks after the approval of the project, their hutments will be removed.
While they get the accommodation in the new colony, they lose out on the
transit accommodation during the construction phase. Finally, if they do not
join till the building permission for the project is given, they lose all the rights.

How will a developer get a project?

DDA will prepare a panel of developers, which will be categorised into three
broad categories.
I category Developer: Slum clusters which are less than 1,000 hutments each
II category Developer: Slum clusters between 1,000-2,000 hutments
III category Developers: More than 2,000 hutments.
The developer who gets 70 per cent consent will get the project.
How will the land be allotted?
The land will be spared by DDA upon payment of 25 per cent of the value of
open land as calculated as per the circle rates.
Benefits to the developer
A developer gets a free sale component of land as an incentive for building
free sale built-up area (FAR), which is marketable. This will be in different
ratio depending upon the economic condition of the site. This free sale
component can be constructed for residential or commercial use depending
upon the development plan for that particular zone.
Private land owner or developer who offer their land and construct
rehabilitation tenements will also get free sale component in the form of
Transferable Development Rights (TDR) once TDR policy comes into
existence.

Duties of the Developer

During the construction, developer should provide accommodation to the
eligible slum dwellers by way of transit accommodation either constructed or
hired by them.
Developer will also have to provide space for all social purposes such as
community halls, anganswaris and others.
All the buildings are to be eco-friendly and disable friendly.

Transfer of Tenements
As per the scheme, for a period of ten years from the date of possession of
the tenements, these units cannot be sold, leased, assigned or transferred.
In case of any breach, except transfer to legal heir, the unit will be taken
over by DDA.
What about the land earmarked for Infra projects?

Slums which are located on plots reserved for public purposes, wherein the
same locality (in-situ) rehabilitation is not possible, the scheme can be
implemented on such lands by keeping certain area for the purpose of
reservation.
In case of larger infra projects such as airport, road, flyover bridges, and
railway tracks, etc, where in-situ is not possible, dwellers will be shifted to
other lands offered by private developers and land-owners.

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