Four more sectors eligible for consortiums under land pooling: DDA

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Development Authority will soon issue conditional notices to land owners in
four more sectors found eligible to form consortiums under the land pooling policy (LPP).
Officials said sectors 7A, 7B and 7C in Zone P-II and Sector 11 in Zone N have met the eligibility criteria
for the policy, i.e., 70% contiguous land made available for development, for consortium
formation. DDA will upload a notice soon on its website in this regard. “We will issue final notices to
fulfil all eligibility conditions, form a consortium that will plan and pursue developers. We will only be
handholding and have no role to play, except sanctioning layout plans,” said an official. Depending on feasibility, layout plans can be prepared either for a group housing society or plotted
development. Sectors under Zone P-II comprise the north Delhi villages of Jindpur, Mukhmalpur and a
large portion of Gadi Khasro. Sector 11 of Zone N comprises Salahpur Majara village in north-west
Delhi. Earlier, DDA had found two land parcels – Ibrahimpur in Sector 8B under Zone and another in the same
sector – eligible for consortium formation and received expression of interest in November. “A consortium
has been formed by the land owners. We are currently at the planning stage,” said the official. The developments come at a time when the proposed amendments to the Delhi Development Act, which
aim to empower the Centre to make land pooling mandatory even if minimum eligibility is not achieved,
are yet to be approved.
At present, 105 villages, divided into six zones and further divided into 138 sectors, have been identified
for land pooling. The land pooling policy was notified by DDA in September 2018. Till date, 7,100
applicants with about 7,500 hectares of land, out of a total poolable land of 19,074 hectares, have
expressed interest, said a senior DDA official.