DDA scheme: 37 years on, allottees no closer to getting flats

For 37 long years, applicants of the Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) 1981 Rohini Residential Scheme have been waiting for their plots. During their wait, some have died while others have become senior citizens. Now, the DDA’s new March 2018 deadline suggests that they are not likely to get their homes anytime soon.

Even after the Supreme Court ordered the DDA — government’s housing authority — to hand over the said plots to the applicants by 2016, the wait has only got longer.

The plots of various sizes measuring between 36 square meters and 90 square meters are located in northwest Delhi’s Rohini’s sectors 34, 35, 36, 37, and 38.

Basic infrastructure including sewage, water, electricity and roads is still to reach these sectors. According to DDA officials, the development work is being done and is expected to complete by March next year.

Rahul Gupta, petitioner in the case and one of the allottees, said, “The DDA has been misleading the allottees for so many years. Many of those who had applied have passed away, while the others are well above 70, who cannot even battle it out in the court anymore. How long can one wait?”

Meanwhile, a senior DDA official said, “Infrastructure is being …read more