DDA to offer residential plots for auction in south Delhi area

New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has prepared its strategy to offer residential plots in prime locations during its forthcoming auction scheme. Focusing on flatted development so far, the authority recently began the process to engage a specialist firm to mark out 118 plots in D6 Vasant Kunj in south Delhi.

DDA has issued a notice inviting tenders to select an experienced agency for the demarcation, along with developing the surrounding roads and services such as stormwater drains and the laying of pipelines for sewerage and water supply, said an official. "The idea is to prepare the site for the e-auction," he added.

The authority has also identified sites for developing surface parking, which will cater to the Ganga, Yamuna, Narmada and Saraswati blocks of Sector D6 Vasant Kunj Mega Housing. DDA developed these societies in and around 2010. "There has been a demand for proper parking space. It will benefit the residents of 1,904 flats by easing the parking issues. On the other hand, the plotted development will help the public or buyers who prefer it," said the official.

Delhi Development Authority has decided on a timeline of 365 days for the completion of the tasks after the award of work. "The maximum time allowed for planning and design, including vetting from the competent authority, will be three months, and the time allowed for the actual execution of work is nine months after the allotment of work," said the official.

The tasks include planning and designing services like drains, sewerage, water supply, rainwater harvesting and approval of the same from the local civic body. "The preparation and submitting completion plans of all the above-mentioned services will be done as per the direction of the engineer-in-charge," stated the project plan. Works also include providing and laying factory paver blocks in footpaths, parks and lawns; driveways of required strength, thickness and size at various sites; making connections of drain or sewer line with existing manhole; disposal of building rubbish, dismantled or waste materials from sites by mechanical means, including loading, transporting and dumping etc, it added.

According to the notice inviting tender, the entire work costing around Rs 7.5 crore will be done as per the guidelines of Central Public Works Department while National Green Tribunal's norms are to be adhered to. The proposal of the development projects should ensure minimal felling of trees, it pointed out.

"All the alternative proposals should also be analysed and kept on record. No tree should be felled/translocated in the area identified for development projects by any field staff, unless formal and final permission is received from the forest department," the notice emphasised.