behtardilli to us means
City Development Plan, JNNURM prepared by Dept. of Urban Development, Govt. of Delhi says:
Affordable Housing (DDA,MCD)
- The (City) has been unable to meet forecasted demands for housing, commercial and industrial space, resulting in large scale unauthorized development, and areas with non-conforming land uses. The poor have borne the brunt of the shortage.
- The lack of formal access to appropriate housing has led to the genesis of unauthorized colonies in Delhi.
- Only an estimated 30% of the city’s population lives in planned areas.
- Currently, there are around 1432 unauthorized colonies providing shelter to around 30 lakh people. Unauthorized colonies have being regularized twice in Delhi: in 1961 when over 100 colonies were regularized and in 1977 when around 600 colonies where regularized.
