New Delhi, July 28: Ahead of the forthcoming assembly elections in Delhi, the Centre today favoured a flexible land use and redevelopment of areas that have developed unauthorisedly. In its guidelines for master plan for Delhi 2021, the Union Urban Development Ministry has said a major theme of the new master plan should be redevelopment of old and degraded areas while taking care of heritage buildings and "areas that have been developed unauthorisedly".
"The existing legal and procedural barriers to redevelopment, whether contained in the slum related legislation or in the municipal laws, need to be reviewed and positive incentives such as higher far (floor area ratio) in the old city and the 'special area' can be considered," the guidelines tabled in the Rajya Sabha today said.
It said the existing slums and JJ clusters ought to be ameliorated by a judicious mix of relocation and in-situ development, it said.
On the issue of additions to or reconstruction of DDA flats, the paper said permission was being given for some specific additions or alterations which did not impinge on structural safety and added that DDA colonies might be converted into self-managing residential communities. Bureau Report