30,000 forms sold on Day I by DDA, website crashes
3 Sept 2014 4:39 AM IST
The buyers, however, had to face difficulties as DDA’s website crashed several times in the day posing serious problems of registration for online applicants.
‘As per our records 30,000 prospectus of the housing scheme were sold in the city out of which 8,000 prospectus were sold from DDA office at Vikas Sadan while rest were sold through various authorised banks,’ said spokesperson of DDA. However, the authority has also made facilities for online applications but it could not receive online applications as its website crashed and could not be made operational through out the day.
The DDA official website on Monday crashed following a massive online response soon after the launch of its flagship ‘Housing Scheme 2014’ that offers over 25,000 flats.
‘Soon after the launch, we received over 5 lakh hits on our official website, following which it has crashed. Efforts are on to restore the service,’ a senior DDA official said.
The urban body launched its much-awaited ‘Housing Scheme 2014’ at the Vikas Sadan, its headquarters here, as locals and people from neighboring states stood in long queues to buy the application form.
For 53-year-old M S Bisht, who hails from Nainital but has been a long-time resident of New Delhi, is hoping to be ‘lucky this time’.
‘I have applied three times for DDA flats but all in vain so far. I am hoping to be lucky this time,’ Bisht, who lives in R K Puram in a government flat, said as he stood in the queue. Mukesh Kumar (52), another applicant from Meerut, said, ‘I want to return to Delhi.’ ‘I used to live in Delhi on rent but then there were some problems and I had to shift to Meerut. Now, I wish to return as my children are settled,’ he said.
70-year-old V S Tripathi, who retired as an officer in the defence department, is also keeping his fingers crossed this time as his previous bids to get a DDA flat have been unsuccessful.
‘I hail from Kanpur and I have always wanted a DDA flat but no success so far,’ he said.
‘As per our records 30,000 prospectus of the housing scheme were sold in the city out of which 8,000 prospectus were sold from DDA office at Vikas Sadan while rest were sold through various authorised banks,’ said spokesperson of DDA. However, the authority has also made facilities for online applications but it could not receive online applications as its website crashed and could not be made operational through out the day.
The DDA official website on Monday crashed following a massive online response soon after the launch of its flagship ‘Housing Scheme 2014’ that offers over 25,000 flats.
‘Soon after the launch, we received over 5 lakh hits on our official website, following which it has crashed. Efforts are on to restore the service,’ a senior DDA official said.
The urban body launched its much-awaited ‘Housing Scheme 2014’ at the Vikas Sadan, its headquarters here, as locals and people from neighboring states stood in long queues to buy the application form.
For 53-year-old M S Bisht, who hails from Nainital but has been a long-time resident of New Delhi, is hoping to be ‘lucky this time’.
‘I have applied three times for DDA flats but all in vain so far. I am hoping to be lucky this time,’ Bisht, who lives in R K Puram in a government flat, said as he stood in the queue. Mukesh Kumar (52), another applicant from Meerut, said, ‘I want to return to Delhi.’ ‘I used to live in Delhi on rent but then there were some problems and I had to shift to Meerut. Now, I wish to return as my children are settled,’ he said.
70-year-old V S Tripathi, who retired as an officer in the defence department, is also keeping his fingers crossed this time as his previous bids to get a DDA flat have been unsuccessful.
‘I hail from Kanpur and I have always wanted a DDA flat but no success so far,’ he said.
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