The report of a committee, set up to come up with a process for granting ownership and transfer rights to residents of Delhi’s unauthorised colonies, was submitted to Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister of State (Independent charge) Hardeep Puri on Monday.
The committee, headed by Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal, was set up by the Union Cabinet on March 7 and was given 90 days to submit its report.
On Monday evening, Mr. Puri said in a series of tweets that Mr. Baijal had submitted the report of the committee to him earlier in the day. “I am delighted to announce that Hon’ble LG Shri Anil Baijal Ji has handed over the report of the committee to me today in the stipulated time frame of 90 days. We will now proceed for necessary approvals [sic],” Mr. Puri said in a tweet.
A senior official of the Delhi Development Authority, which was also represented in the committee, said, “The report is about giving ownership to the people living in unauthorised colonies. Residents have to apply first and get their land registered following which inspections will take place. The checks will be the basic ones, including the authenticity of the papers they submit and so on.”