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DDA may put Delhi Master Plan 2041 in the public domain by June 2021

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The development body in Delhi is inching closer to getting the master plan for India’s capital city approved soon. After having sent the Master Plan for Delhi (MPD) 2041 to the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for approval, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) is now expected to put the draft in the public domain by June 2021, for objections and suggestions. In April 2021, the DDA gave its preliminary approval to the MPD 2041, which will work as the blueprint for the future development of the capital city for two decades.

Recall here that the DDA, the main agency responsible for providing housing in Delhi, aims to notify the MPD-2041 by December 2021.

To act as a strategic enabling plan, the MPD 2041 will have sustainability, inclusivity, and equity as its underlying core principles. The ultimate goal of the master plan is to develop India’s capital in such a way that it not only provides a quality living to its citizens but also establishes Delhi’s economic and social stature on a par with cities of global standards.

“The vision is to foster a sustainable, liveable and vibrant Delhi by 204I. There are several policies and norms that have been introduced to achieve this. In fact, we have included some of them such as green development areas (policy for development in green belt areas), walkability, transit-oriented development, norms for unauthorized colonies, etc., in the current master plan,” DDA vice-chairman Anurag Jain said, recently.

Note here that the DDA has been entrusted to prepare the master plans for Delhi under Section 7 of the DDA Act, 1957. Typically, a master plan needs an update every 20 years under Section 11-A of the law. However, before the plan could be implemented, it must be approved by the center. So far, the DDA has prepared three master plans: MPD 1962, MPD 2001, and MPD 2021. When approved, the MPD 2041 will become its fourth master plan.

Delhi master plan 2041 gets DDA approval

April 15, 2021: The draft Master Plan of Delhi (MPD) 2041 has received approval from the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on April 13, 2021. According to a statement issued by the development body, the draft master plan will focus on rental and small format housing and will boost new formats, such as serviced apartments, condominiums, hostels, student housing, worker housing, etc. The focus is in line with the center’s Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) scheme, under which a rental housing portal is already being run. The rental housing scheme would come into effect once the MPD-2041 is notified by the ministry.

Earlier, in March 2021, the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) said that Delhi’s Master Plan for 2041 (MPD 2041) was ready and that the Authority planned to implement it, as soon as the term of the MPD 2021 expired. In a statement issued on March 26, 2021, the development body said that the draft plan would be sent to the Housing Ministry for its approval, by September 30, 2021, after it is placed before the Authority in April and after inviting objections and suggestions from the public.

The two-volume MPD 2041, with sector-wise focus on economy, environment, public spaces, heritage, mobility and infrastructure, also includes strategies for spatial development, to guide the type and intensity of development in various parts of the national capital, through land pooling and transit-oriented development (TOD) policies.

“The MPD 2041 is a ‘strategic’ and ‘enabling’ framework, to guide future growth of the city and it builds upon the lessons learned from the implementation of the previous plans of 1962, 2001, and 2021. The policies to facilitate the growth and future development of Delhi have been prepared, such as TOD and land policy. A ‘Green Development Area Policy’, to facilitate green development in LDRA area and green belt, has also been formulated and put in the public domain,” the DDA said. in a statement.

Nearly 70 agencies and over 150 departments were involved in preparing the MPD 2041, in addition to suggestions from Delhi residents. The GIS-based master plan focuses on three broad areas of sustainability, inclusivity, and equity, through its ‘proactive and forward-looking nature’ that accounts for current, emerging, and anticipated drivers of urban development. To help the Indian capital provide better physical and social infrastructure, the draft plan talks about a blue-green infrastructure, cycling infrastructure, walking circuits for pedestrians, spaces for yoga, active sports, open-air exhibitions, museums, etc. It also plans to address the issues posed by unauthorized colonies.

“The master plan seeks to make Delhi an environmentally sustainable city that offers quality, affordable and safe living while providing opportunities for economic, creative, and cultural development,” Delhi Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Anil Baijal said in a tweet, after the first meeting of the MPD 2041 advisory council on March 26, 2021.

Addressing industry body CII’s Delhi State Annual Session and Business Conference, earlier in March 2021, Baijal had said that the Delhi Master Plan 2041 proposed to provide a suitable regime of incentives/disincentives to promote non-polluting and clean industries, including information technology and financial services. In a tweet following the event, the L-G also said that ‘building a sustainable, green, inclusive and resilient economy was the way forward to be able to capitalize on the untapped economic potential of Delhi’.

Source- https://housing.com/news/delhi-master-plan/

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