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The Delhi Development Authority will make a onetime payment of R10 lakh for every 100 of its flats -or R10,000 per flat –to residents’ welfare associations to spruce up common areas of the buildings. Common areas are staircases, shafts and service lanes, which are in a shabby state in most DDA colonies because neither residents nor the Municipal Corporation of Delhi maintain them. The decision to allocate this amount for 3 lakh DDA flats across the city in the agency’s annual budget comes two years after its chairman, Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna, directed it to spruce up the common areas of its residential clusters. Khanna’s directive followed a series of

New Delhi: The officials are planning to reconsider plans of constructing an integrated freight complex at Sector-25 in Dwarka, as many objections have been raised against the project. On Monday, while speaking during the inauguration of a housing project for the EWS in Dwarka, MP Mahabal Mishra said constructing the freight complex in Dwarka might not be a good idea as it would cause inconvenience to the people. Two Union ministers present at the venue seconded him and added that the freight complex was an example of “poor planning’’, which needed to be rectified. “Dwarka is a residential colony and constructing a freight complex here would cause inconvenience to people,

New Delhi: For all those who weren’t able to get a flat allotment under Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Housing Scheme 2010, here’s some good news. DDA has taken up construction of several housing projects in Dwarka, which are mainly meant for the higher income group (HIG). Many of these projects are being taken up in Sector 26 and 27 and will provide housing to thousands of people in the National Capital Region. According to DDA, around 1,240 HIG houses are coming up in Sector 19B. A budget of Rs 401 crore has been sanctioned for construction of these houses. “No objection certificate has been obtained from Airports Authority of India

New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhis (MCD) budget for 2012-13 makes a special allocation of Rs 5 crore for Chhath Puja.The ruling BJP has earmarked Rs 50 crore for development of rural areas,Rs 100 crore for works in unauthorized colonies,Rs 10 crore for repair and maintenance of rural roads,in addition to other proposals. Though the budget passed in standing committee on Tuesday is not likely to get implemented-by April-end three new corporations will be formedit will be the basis for the budget of the news corporations,according to MCD officials. As the MCD is heading for a split,the BJP is sparing no effort to ensure its return in all the three