UPA’s flagship housing scheme a pipe dream for Delhi’s slum dwellers
26 Feb 2014 5:50 AM IST
One such advertisement is on the allotment of flats to members under the Economically Weaker Section (category) under their flagship Rajiv Awas Yojana programme. It has been six years since flats in Delhi for slum dwellers were constructed. However, not a single flat has been allotted to them yet. In the national capital, the implementation of this scheme is titled, Rajiv Rattan Awas Yojana.
According to Delhi urban department sources, in 2008, the Delhi government completed the construction of around 14,000 flats that were to be allotted to people belonging to the economically weaker sections. Six years later, these flats are still empty and have fallen into a state of disrepair.
Despite the Delhi government receiving 1.5 lakh applications in September 2009, no allotments have been made yet.
The housing scheme was launched in September 2007 by UPA chairperson and the Congress president Sonia Gandhi. At the time, Sonia Gandhi had announced that the centre would provide a package of Rs 1,500 crore for providing housing facilities to slum dwellers in the city state.
Before the last assembly elections in December 2013, the government was working on the definition of EWS and therefore could not decide who were eligible for these flats. Essentially, the allocation of flats has been tangled up in red tape ever since.
On 25 April, 2013, the Delhi Cabinet had constituted a high level committee of principal secretaries to initiate the allotment of low-cost houses to eligible applicants under the Rajiv Rattan Awas Yojna. The committee was tasked with the decision to not only decide upon the criteria under which applicants will be eligible but also finalise the modalities of the allotment process.
In Ghoga near Bawana, Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) completed the construction of 3,680 flats under the housing scheme. Two years ago, DSIIDC completed construction of approximately 13,000 houses in Bawana, Narela, Ghoga and Baprola.
According to Delhi urban department sources, in 2008, the Delhi government completed the construction of around 14,000 flats that were to be allotted to people belonging to the economically weaker sections. Six years later, these flats are still empty and have fallen into a state of disrepair.
Despite the Delhi government receiving 1.5 lakh applications in September 2009, no allotments have been made yet.
The housing scheme was launched in September 2007 by UPA chairperson and the Congress president Sonia Gandhi. At the time, Sonia Gandhi had announced that the centre would provide a package of Rs 1,500 crore for providing housing facilities to slum dwellers in the city state.
Before the last assembly elections in December 2013, the government was working on the definition of EWS and therefore could not decide who were eligible for these flats. Essentially, the allocation of flats has been tangled up in red tape ever since.
On 25 April, 2013, the Delhi Cabinet had constituted a high level committee of principal secretaries to initiate the allotment of low-cost houses to eligible applicants under the Rajiv Rattan Awas Yojna. The committee was tasked with the decision to not only decide upon the criteria under which applicants will be eligible but also finalise the modalities of the allotment process.
In Ghoga near Bawana, Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) completed the construction of 3,680 flats under the housing scheme. Two years ago, DSIIDC completed construction of approximately 13,000 houses in Bawana, Narela, Ghoga and Baprola.
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