Govt to ease land use norms to set up hospitals, schools
The city government is all set to ease norms for development in the 1,600 unauthorised colonies to woo around 40 lakh residents, considered as traditional votebank for Congress party, with Assembly elections just three months away.
The government is likely go for acquisition of land in the settlements where government land was not available for setting up of hospitals and schools.
“In a first such move, the government has completed all formalities to buy a plot of land measuring 2.5 acre from a resident in an unauthorised colony in Mohan Garden, Uttam Nagar, to set up a 200-bed hospital. Lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung has given the go ahead for acquisition of the plot while the Delhi Development Authority has already issued a no objection certificate for construction of the hospital on the plot which was categorised as agricultural land,” said a source.
The sources further said that a cheque of `1.35 crore has also been issued to the owner of the plot as first instalment.
“This is for the first time government acquired private land in an unauthorised colony as there was no plot available for construction of the hospital. It is a reflection of government’s intention to put all facilities in unauthorised colonies,” he added.
Sources said government will go for more such acquisition in unauthorised colonies where there was no DDA land for setting up schools, hospitals, etc.
Senior officials said that the Delhi government was considering easing certain norms for facilitating basic infrastructure in all unauthorised colonies in the city.
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