Delhi master plan 2047: Older colonies to get a new look; what could change for residents
The Master Plan 2047 for Delhi introduces an innovative approach to urban regeneration through property pooling, allowing residents to combine their plots. This initiative aims to revitalize aging neighborhoods into cohesive, well-designed communities complete with wider roads and enhanced civic features, such as sustainable water systems. Government housing and community societies are also part…
Delhi's government-backed redevelopment plan for the year 2047 aims to transform older colonies and housing societies into modern, well-planned residential areas. The Master Plan for Delhi 2047 (MPD-2047) proposes allowing residents to pool their properties and redevelop aging areas as larger projects, with a minimum requirement of 3,000 square meters.
Under this plan, existing plots can be merged or reconstituted to meet the area requirement, leading to an increase in built-up space. Projects involving old and dilapidated residences could receive construction rights up to 1.5 times the current Floor Area Ratio (FAR), enabling residents to build more than they could under existing regulations.
The redevelopment is expected to bring about significant changes to the appearance of these colonies. Wider internal roads, better parking facilities, and upgraded civic infrastructure are among the proposed enhancements. Residents may need to surrender portions of their land for road widening, but they could receive additional FAR credits on the remaining plots.
Additionally, the redevelopment projects would incorporate modern infrastructure such as water-reuse systems, decentralized sewage treatment, waste segregation, renewable energy systems, and multi-level parking. The goal is to convert fragmented, aging neighborhoods into well-planned residential areas with more living space and improved roads and amenities.
Government housing projects, including public sector staff quarters, can also undergo regeneration through group housing schemes. Residents welfare associations, societies, or federations would need to undertake redevelopment collectively. Plotted residential colonies, such as cooperative house-building, resettlement, and rehabilitation colonies, may also be redeveloped through yet-to-be-notified schemes.
However, certain areas will be excluded from the regeneration framework. The plan does not cover urban villages, unauthorized colonies, slums, the Ridge, Yamuna floodplain, land-pooling areas, low-density zones, ASI-NMA-protected zones, the Lutyens' and Civil Lines Bungalow Zones, Connaught Place and its extension, and Transit Oriented Development areas.
Overall, this proposal provides residents of older planned colonies a pathway to collectively rebuild their properties while potentially gaining more space and upgrading their living conditions.
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