DDA clarifies that TOD policies have been misunderstood

Delhi development Authority has clarified that the Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Policy/Regulations framed by DDA have been misunderstood and the apprehensions expressed are contrary to the facts. In the entire TOD Policy/Regulations the balance is in favour of government agencies and not the private sector. “In case of transportation and public and semi-public facility plots, the development control norms shall be as per the use premises prescribed in lease conditions,” said an official statement.

The statement added that this condition has been proposed specifically for facility plots and plots allotted for transportation and public, semi-public use. If lease conditions are not imposed then private allottees who have been allotted land by DDA or L&DO on concessional rates in the past shall change the use of the premises and get windfall gains and at the same time the facilities will get reduced.

“Minimum requirement for 30 per cent residential and 5 per cent commercial will not be binding on transportation, government and PSP land uses,” revealed the statement. It has also said that the proposed FAR of 400 is applicable to all usage in the TOD zone. Further for transportation and public, semi-public use it will be guided by the lease conditions. In the last 60 years since DDA came in, a large number of plots have been allotted to non-government organisations under public and semi-public facility at concessional rates to provide basic services like education, health and social infrastructure to weaker sections.