10 Sectors to be Developed under Delhi’s Land Pooling Policy

Over 18 months after a web portal for the land pooling policy was launched, 10 sectors in three zones under the Land Pooling Policy (LPP) have accumulated the requisite amount of land required to qualify for development purposes. According to the latest data provided by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), the urban body has accumulated around 6,575 hectares of land. Currently, a few sectors in three zones — N, P-II and L are likely to be qualified for development under the policy. The corresponding areas are around Najafgarh, Alipur and the Bawana Industrial Area. The land pooling policy, received the Centre’s nod in October 2018 and the online portal for expression of willingness regarding participation in the policy was launched in February last year. Comprising 95 villages, there are a total of 109 sectors, across five sectors under the policy. Under the policy, a minimum of 70% contiguous land in a particular sector is required to be pooled before it can qualify for development purposes. However, Even as the urban body maintained that the process is progressing, homebuyers, who have been paying for the last several years in the hope of owning an address in Delhi, complained of the policy being “slowly implemented”. The urban body has cautioned interested stakeholders against “fraudulent practices by some developers or societies to lure into buying houses under the false pretext of land pooling policy”.