Delhi: 18,000 flats returned earlier on offer in new DDA scheme

NEW DELHI: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) launched a “special” housing scheme on Thursday with more than 18,000 flats on offer at locations like Jasola, Dwarka, Vasant Kunj and Rohini. Most of these flats, all of which were returned by allottees of previous schemes, are one-bedroom ones and located in Narela.
The number of flats on offer are 18,335, out of which 11,452 are lower income group (LIG) category one-bedroom flats, with the price between Rs 14.1 lakh and Rs 41.1 lakh. More than 8,000 of them are in Narela, while the rest are in Rohini, Dwarka, Siraspur, Ramgarh, Lok Nayak Puram etc.

The last date to apply for the scheme is February 7, 2022 and the registration amount is Rs 25,000 for economically weaker section flats, Rs 1 lakh for LIG flats, and Rs 2 lakh for middle income group (MIG) and higher income group (HIG) flats.
The number of three-bedroom HIG flats is 202, out of which 182 are in Jasola, 18 in Vasant Kunj Block F and 2 in other locations. There are also three HIG flats with two bedrooms in different parts of Vasant Kunj. With a plinth area of up to 177.3sq m, the HIG flats at Jasola are the costliest with prices ranging between Rs 1.9 crore and Rs 2.1 crore.
The number of two-bedroom MIG flats is 976, out of which the majority — 486 — are located in different sectors of Dwarka, followed by 461 in different sectors of Narela, apart from a few in Vasant Kunj, Rohini, Jahangirpuri etc. The tentative prices range between Rs 50.2 lakh and Rs 1.2 crore.
DDA has launched a housing scheme with 1,354 flats earlier this year and the flats in this special scheme were returned in 2014, 2017, 2019 and 2021. Large numbers of flats, including premium three-bedroom ones and penthouses in Dwarka, are in different stages of construction, but these will be offered later, an official said. DDA wants to offer these flats only when the real estate sector witnesses better growth, sources said.
Under the special scheme, DDA is offering the flats at the old rates. The entire process, from application to possession, is being done online through its website and the allottees need to visit the DDA office only for the execution of the conveyance deed.
DDA officials claimed the Narela flats were being offered after taking several remedial measures.