DDA reclaims 229 acres since April

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has carried out 49 demolition programmes in the national capital since April this year and has reclaimed around 229 acres, the housing and urban affairs ministry told the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

It also said that no demolition has been carried out by the DDA, MCD and the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board as a part of G-20 summit beautification drive in Kasturba Nagar, Tughlaqabad, Pragati Maidan, the Yamuna Flood Plains and Dhaula Kuan. "However, DUSIB, GNCTD has informed that occupants of night shelters in Yamuna flood plain have been shifted to other night shelters," the ministry said.

On the housing for poor, the ministry said it supplements the efforts of state and UT governments by providing central assistance under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U).