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The Delhi Development Authority will make a onetime payment of R10 lakh for every 100 of its flats -or R10,000 per flat --to residents' welfare associations to spruce up common areas of the buildings.

Common areas are staircases, shafts and service lanes, which are in a shabby state in most DDA colonies because neither residents nor the Municipal Corporation of Delhi maintain them.

The decision to allocate this amount for 3 lakh DDA flats across the city in the agency's annual budget comes two years after its chairman, Lt Governor Tejendra Khanna, directed it to spruce up the common areas of its residential clusters.

Khanna's directive followed a series of reports in HT from February 22-26, 2010 highlighting the neglect of common areas of DDA colonies. It was only after publication of the reports that the DDA formulated a policy on common areas that year.

“For maintenance of common areas of the flats in future, the agency will pay 50% of the cost if RWAs agree to contribute the remaining half,“ said DDA member Jitender Kochar.

It has taken 44 long years, but the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has finally woken up from its slumber.

The agency has finally allocated funds -a one time payment of R10 lakh per 100 flats -for the repair of all buildings it has constructed in last 44 years.

Getting a DDA flat allotted in their name is a dream come true for most Delhiites -for whom this is a good opportunity to buy a house at an affordable price in the Capital.

For those living in these flats, however, the experience is a nightmare -especially if the building is more than a decade old.

Once it sells a flat and the allottee takes possession, DDA simply washes its hands of the area and moves on to the next housing scheme. The new owners of these flats have to fend for themselves and the repair, renovation or reincarnation of the flats depends on their financial expediency.

In a series of reports carried between February 22 and 26, 2010, Hindustan Times had highlighted the crumbling condition of these buildings and the apathy of DDA towards them.
Though the interiors and in most cases the façade of these flats look in the pink of health, the true condition is visible in the dark staircases and toilet shafts.

These areas of common use are no one's baby. This is because DDA has simply assumed residents will sort out trivial issues such as maintenance of common areas themselves.

Back then, DDA had told HT that once the allottees take possession of their flats, the maintenance of the buildings was not their responsibility. Residents are expected to form associations, which take care of common use areas like staircases.

Truth is such seemingly trivial issues such as crumbling staircases, leaking pipes and seeping walls lead to bad blood and regular fights between neighbours. No one wants to spend money for the part of the building used by everyone and in many cases not all stakeholders in the building want to share the expenses.

Taking note of the series, DDA was directed by the Lt Governor of Delhi , Tejendra Khanna, who is also the DDA chairman, in March 2010 to repair and upgrade the buildings.

Two years after the order, DDA has decided to make a one time payment of R10 lakh for the maintenance of common areas for each block of 100 flats in all housing societies.

Reacting to the series of reports in HT, DDA also brought in a new policy, according to which it will now take care of maintenance of flats allotted by it for 30 years.

The decision on older DDA colonies, however, was pending till now. The policy on future maintenance of old residential buildings, some of which are more than 40 years old, will be created in the next few months, a senior DDA official said.

-HT

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Flats crumbling: DDA to pay up for upkeep

10L One-Time Payment For Maintenance

New Delhi: For years poor maintenance of DDA group housing societies has been a sore point with flat owners.Finally,there is a silver lining in the clouds.

DDA has decided to pay up for maintenance and repair the common areas in these societies.Now,each DDA group housing society or colony comprising 100 or more houses will get Rs 10 lakh each as one-time payment for upkeep.

The decision was taken on the sidelines of the 2012-13 budget meeting on Monday.The land owning agency has constructed more than 100,000 houses in the last few decades.

Sources say a large number of houses,which were constructed around 30 years back,are in urgent need of repair.

In many old DDA colonies boundary walls,staircases,shafts for pipes are broken.These colonies are in a very bad shape.It has been decided to give Rs 10 lakh per 100 dwelling units for repair and maintenance of the colonies to RWAs,which are registered with us, said Jitender Kochar,member,DDA.

A DDA official said,The request for repair from RWA will be examined by DDA officials.The engineering department will prepare the estimates for repair and maintenance based on which the money will be released.

Sources say low income group (LIG) and Janata flats are in a dilapidated condition.The middle income group (MIG) and high income group (HIG) housing units are still in better shape as individual allottees are maintaining them.However,most of the flats need urgent repair, said a DDA official.

Following directions from Lieutenant Governor Tejendra Khanna,the land owning agency is also working on a proposal for societies or colonies,which require extensive repair work.

As per the plan,DDA will pay 50% of the total repair cost while the rest will be paid by RWAs.

There are several societies which need a facelift.And the expenditure on them is likely to run into crores.In such cases,DDA will pay just 50% of the total cost incurred on repair and maintenance.This is mainly for old group housing societies, said Kochar.
The DDA also approved its budget for 2012-13 on Monday.

The land-owning agency is optimistic about getting revenue worth Rs 7888.26 crore in 2012-13 from disposal of land,houses and shops.The agency also plans to spend a large chunk of its earnings on construction of housing societies.

It has allocated Rs 1,277 crore for the construction of houses and shops in Dwarka,Narela and Rohini in the next financial year.

It also plans to construct community halls and sports facilities in various part of the city for which Rs 39.90 crore and Rs 97.31 crore has been allocated respectively.
With an aim to provide healthy and better environment to Delhiites,the agency has allocated Rs 638 crore for the development of greens in the city.

Meanwhile,DDA has decided to refund Rs 1.05 lakh to 212 people who had applied for 2010 house allotment scheme.

Their initial deposit while applying for the draw was forfeited by DDA as they had provided wrong information in their application forms.

Earlier,DDA was not planning to return the money,but now it has been decided that DDA will deduct Rs 20,000 and return the rest of the money to 212 applicants, Kochar said.

BUDGET HIGH-POINTS



1277.55 cr allocated for construction of houses and shops



39 cr allocated for construction of 13 community halls



638.44 cr for maintenance of greens.Special focus on development of Astha Kunj,Sat Pula Lake complex and Yamuna River Front



97.31 cr for sports complexes



91.31 cr allocated for covering drains between Lajpat Nagar and Defence Colony and construction of clover leaves,underpass slip roads at Sarita Vihar


-TOI

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डीडीए भी देगा रखरखाव का फंड

नई दिल्ली प्राइवेट बिल्डरों की तर्ज पर डीडीए भी हाउसिंग सोसायटियों के मकानों के रखरखाव के लिए फंड देगा। इस योजना से जुड़े प्रस्ताव पर सोमवार को हुई डीडीए बोर्ड बैठक में मुहर लगा दी गई। इसके तहत न केवल नई बल्कि डीडीए की पुरानी हाउसिंग सोसायटी की कायाकल्प भी होगी। दरअसल डीडीए की कई हाउसिंग सोसायटी में मकानों की हालत बेहद खराब हो चुकी है। यहां तक कि आरडब्ल्यूए भी माली हालत खराब होने की बात करते हुए मकानों के रखरखाव पर खर्च करने से कतराती है। ऐसे में सोसायटी का स्वरूप भी बिगड़ जाता है। इन्हीं बातों को दे ाते हुए सोमवार को बोर्ड बैठक मंे यह मुद्दा भी विशेष रूप से रखा गया। जिस पर बोर्ड अधिकारियों ने सहमति जताते हुए जल्द ही इस योजना के तहत काम करने की जानकारी भी दी। योजना के तहत डीडीए अब अपनी सभी पुरानी हाउसिंग सोसायटी को दस लाख रुपये तक का फंड देगा, ताकि सोसायटी का रख-रखाव बेहतर तरीके से किया जा सके। इसके अतिरिक्त सोसायटी में मर मत इत्यादि की कमी से बेहद जर्जर हालत में पहुंच चुके आवासों की दशा सुधारने पर दस लाख से अधिक खर्च आएगा तो आरडब्ल्यूए और डीडीए मिलकर खर्च का वहन करेंगे। बोर्ड सदस्य सुभाष चोपड़ा ने बताया कि डीडीए पहली बार इस तरह की योजना को लागू करने की तैयारी में जुटा है। इस प्रस्ताव को बोर्ड में रखा गया, जहां से मंजूरी मिल गई है। अब योजना के तहत हाउसिंग सोसायटी की दशा के आधार पर उसको चिन्हित किया जाएगा। जिसके आधार पर डीडीए अपनी ओर से फंड देगी।

-Dainik jagran