Live, work, shop at Metro stations soon
23 Feb 2013 4:39 AM IST
Delhi Development Authority is planning multi-storey multi-purpose buildings at Metro stations in the city. Pushing the plan forward for high rises in the city, Lieutenant Governor-cum-Chairman of DDA, Tejendra Khanna, said such buildings with residential, official and commercial complexes have been very successful in Hong Kong, as they provide for all the needs of residents in the same building and minimise stress on traffic.
‘In a multi-purpose building people work, reside and shop in the same building, which keeps them inside the building for most time, minimising pressure of traffic. The city plan should be focussed on the theme easy-to-get-around,’ said Khanna during the launch of a series of workshops to discuss a draft policy on Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in Delhi.
DDA has planned 25 such workshops in various parts of the city to incorporate the opinons of various stake holders – developers, architects, town planners, technicians, bureaucrats, public representatives, RWAs and NGOs. Khanna said, ‘I don’t want onlookers. I want people who own the concept and have the capability to bear the responsibility to materialise it with dedication.’
Mangu Singh, Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said, ‘We are ready to implement TOD plan and the work would be started as soon as it is notified by DDA.’ The plan would be added as new chapter in Delhi Master Plan- 2021.
In its draft policy, the authority has mooted three levels of development along the Metro stations. The first stage would be of an area of 300 meter circle around the stations marked as TOD intense zone. The second is 800 meter circle area marked as standard zone and third is of a circle area of 2,000 meter marked as transition zone.
‘We are also planning to give some rebate in Floor Area Ratio (FAR) to realtors, if they leave some space for public use or greenery,’ said Ashok Bhattarcharjee, Director, Planning of UTTIPEC of DDA. According to officers of the authority, these concepts would be implemented in Karkardooma TOD Pilot Project, Chhatarpur Metro station area. Managing Director of DLF, Rajeev Talwar, welcomed the suggestion. He said, ‘The entire Metro stretch should be opened for development of residential, commercial and official complexes to provide home to citizens and bring down prices of flats.’
SDMC TO GET 25% OF TAX ON METRO ADS
Delhi Metro has offered an out-of-court settlement to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on outdoor advertisement dispute. In a letter sent to commissioner of SDMC, Manish Gupta, DMRC has offered 25 per cent of its revenue of outdoor advertisement to the corporation from 1 April. According to SDMC spokesperson, all rights of outdoor advertisement lie with local civic bodies but DMRC never accepted the demand. Subsequently, a case was filed in High Court. According to the offer, all new contractors of outdoor advertisement will pay 25 per cent of tax directly to the corporation. The corporation is yet to assess the dues but according to sources, it would fetch around Rs 25 crore per month for the corporation.
DMRC ASKS FOR DUTY EXEMPTION ON MALLS, GOVERNMENT REFUSES
First Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) acquired several hectares of land, free of cost, in the name of rail construction but used it to develop commercial properties. Now it has sought the permission to exempt these properties being of stamp duty. Delhi government has outrightly rejected the proposal. In an order dated 16 January, the Revenue department has clarified that the government has rejected the request of DMRC to permit exemption of stamp duty on various buildings constructed by private firms. An official said the copy of order has been sent to all deputy commissioners (Revenue), SDMs, sub-registrar and ADMs. The SDMs have also been directed to convey in a notice the consquences of non-payment of requisite stamp duty and non-registration of instrument of transfer, as provided under the Indian Stamp Act and Indian Registration Act. It is said that 15 private malls were constructed on the land acquired by DMRC. The concessionaires include MGF, Unity BuildIwell, Parsvnath, Pratibha Industries Ltd, Spirit Global, Aggrawal Plaza and MGF Limited.
‘In a multi-purpose building people work, reside and shop in the same building, which keeps them inside the building for most time, minimising pressure of traffic. The city plan should be focussed on the theme easy-to-get-around,’ said Khanna during the launch of a series of workshops to discuss a draft policy on Transit Oriented Development (TOD) in Delhi.
DDA has planned 25 such workshops in various parts of the city to incorporate the opinons of various stake holders – developers, architects, town planners, technicians, bureaucrats, public representatives, RWAs and NGOs. Khanna said, ‘I don’t want onlookers. I want people who own the concept and have the capability to bear the responsibility to materialise it with dedication.’
Mangu Singh, Managing Director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) said, ‘We are ready to implement TOD plan and the work would be started as soon as it is notified by DDA.’ The plan would be added as new chapter in Delhi Master Plan- 2021.
In its draft policy, the authority has mooted three levels of development along the Metro stations. The first stage would be of an area of 300 meter circle around the stations marked as TOD intense zone. The second is 800 meter circle area marked as standard zone and third is of a circle area of 2,000 meter marked as transition zone.
‘We are also planning to give some rebate in Floor Area Ratio (FAR) to realtors, if they leave some space for public use or greenery,’ said Ashok Bhattarcharjee, Director, Planning of UTTIPEC of DDA. According to officers of the authority, these concepts would be implemented in Karkardooma TOD Pilot Project, Chhatarpur Metro station area. Managing Director of DLF, Rajeev Talwar, welcomed the suggestion. He said, ‘The entire Metro stretch should be opened for development of residential, commercial and official complexes to provide home to citizens and bring down prices of flats.’
SDMC TO GET 25% OF TAX ON METRO ADS
Delhi Metro has offered an out-of-court settlement to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on outdoor advertisement dispute. In a letter sent to commissioner of SDMC, Manish Gupta, DMRC has offered 25 per cent of its revenue of outdoor advertisement to the corporation from 1 April. According to SDMC spokesperson, all rights of outdoor advertisement lie with local civic bodies but DMRC never accepted the demand. Subsequently, a case was filed in High Court. According to the offer, all new contractors of outdoor advertisement will pay 25 per cent of tax directly to the corporation. The corporation is yet to assess the dues but according to sources, it would fetch around Rs 25 crore per month for the corporation.
DMRC ASKS FOR DUTY EXEMPTION ON MALLS, GOVERNMENT REFUSES
First Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) acquired several hectares of land, free of cost, in the name of rail construction but used it to develop commercial properties. Now it has sought the permission to exempt these properties being of stamp duty. Delhi government has outrightly rejected the proposal. In an order dated 16 January, the Revenue department has clarified that the government has rejected the request of DMRC to permit exemption of stamp duty on various buildings constructed by private firms. An official said the copy of order has been sent to all deputy commissioners (Revenue), SDMs, sub-registrar and ADMs. The SDMs have also been directed to convey in a notice the consquences of non-payment of requisite stamp duty and non-registration of instrument of transfer, as provided under the Indian Stamp Act and Indian Registration Act. It is said that 15 private malls were constructed on the land acquired by DMRC. The concessionaires include MGF, Unity BuildIwell, Parsvnath, Pratibha Industries Ltd, Spirit Global, Aggrawal Plaza and MGF Limited.
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