The Delhi government on July 25 decided to start allotment of around 10,000 low-cost flats soon to slum dwellers in keeping with its plan to make the national capital slum-free. The decision to distribute the flats was taken at a Cabinet meeting presided over by the Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit. The Cabinet has decided to initiate process of allotment of flats to the urban poor under Rajiv Ratna Awas Yojana for which a draw of lot would be convened very soon, she said.
The CM said the Union government had given permission for the construction of about 68,000 dwelling units for economically weaker section and around 50,000 of them are getting ready. The city government has been following policy to provide housing to economically weaker sections of the society and in pursuance of this policy we have decided to distribute the flats, she said, adding construction of 15,000 low cost flats has been completed.
The flats were built by Delhi State Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) in Bawana, Narela and Bhorgah areas with financial assistance from the Union Urban Development Ministry under the JNNURM scheme. The Urban Development department has received more than 1.80 lakh applications for the allotment of low cost flats under the Rajiv Ratna Awas Yojana.