DDA for the first time has launched the "In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation
Scheme" to rehabilitate slum dwellers. This is a departure from the
earlier re-settlement schemes wherein they were shifted and settled in
far-off places of occupation and residence leading to unemployment.
Under the scheme, re-settlement will be done on the land occupied by
jhuggi-jhonpri clusters with private partnership. The land will be sold
through the tender process to a private partner for construction of
multi-storey houses. The number of storey’s will depend on the
availability of land.
DDA in the year 2004 ran schemes for rehabilitating such slum
dwellers through re-development/ upgradation of the existing areas of
Delhi like Narela, Dwarka etc. in order to make Delhi slum free and
provide these people a house with hygienic conditions. Unfortunately
such schemes did not take off because there were no jobs available
nearby. These slum dwellers used to come back again and again as they
had no choice of getting jobs around. DDA finally came out with in-situ
slum rehabilitation policy under PPP mode and in 2008, tenders were
invited from private developers. Eight developers qualified for the bid.
The first tender was floated to rehabilitate Kathputli Colony which is
one of Delhi's largest slum clusters and was won in a competitive open
tender process by a Delhi based developer, Raheja developers Ltd.
Under this scheme, the 2800 families of Kathputli shall be given a
new lease of life by providing them the latest modern apartments with
high-end amenities like attached Bath, Toilets & Kitchens, Tiled
flooring, Advanced Fire Detection & Fire Sprinter Systems. Seismic
Zone 5 compliant RCC structure designed and certified by IIT/ other
reputed structure MEP consultants.
This is apart from centralized amenities like large Green Parks,
Schools for Children's Education, Religious Structures, Exhibition
Spaces for local Arts & Crafts, open Air Theatres for Performance
Storage Spaces for Artifacts, Police Station, Fire Station, Parking
Facilities, Shops for daily conveniences. Each Apartment shall be over
30 sq. meters in size with a living/ dining area, bedroom area, kitchen,
toilet, bath, large 4.5 sq. meter terrace area. MORE INFO HERE >>
Till the time these structures are built on site the Kathputli colony
residents shall be rehabilitated in a Transit Camp facility at Anand
Parbat barely, 1.8 kms away from the Kathputli Colony. This shall be
only for 2-3 years by which time the buildings shall be ready. The
Transit camp is also a ultra modern complex with all modern facilities. MORE INFO HERE >>
All this is being allotted to the Kathputli residents and the costs
are borne by the private developer, who in lieu of this will get a small
portion of site for a private development which he can sell in open
market to recover the massive construction costs of 2800 apartments at
Kathputli colony and another 2800 independent houses at Transit Camp.
It is due to the Delhi Government and DDA's commitment towards
service to the society and Nation that such schemes are becoming
possible and giving a fresh face to the city, moving towards a slum
free Delhi.
The latest media updates, developments on this scheme can be found HERE >>
