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MCD hoping for more revenue from penalties

Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar

NEW DELHI: The large amount of penalties and special compounding charges which will be slapped on plot owners and allottees seeking additional floor area would ultimately go to an escrow account of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi and would be utilised for development activities in that particular area.

While the official notification pertaining to proposed modification in the development control norm for residential plots and plotted development in the Capital is still eagerly awaited by lakhs of residents across the city as it would allow additional floor area and height for the buildings, the civic agencies are also waiting for the notification as it would result in greater revenue in their hands. According to MCD Councillor and Delhi Development Authority member Virender Kasana, "Revenue from these charges levied on the people would go a long way in proper development of colonies which would be covered by the notification, as and when it comes."

Though as per the public notice issued by Delhi Development Authority on July 21 certain modifications were proposed in the Master Plan for Delhi, these had been further relaxed by the Board of Enquiry and Hearing that received about 2,000 objections and suggestions in response to the public notice.

While the public notice has suggested maximum ground coverage of 100 per cent for plots up to 100 square metres in size, it had been increased to 175 square metres by the Board. Likewise, while DDA had proposed 75 per cent ground coverage for plots measuring 100 square metres to 250 square metres, the Board had extended this to plots measuring 176 square metres to 251 square metres.

The DDA resolution had stated that plot owners and allottees seeking ex-facto additional floor area would also be charged penalty or special compounding charges in addition to betterment charges and additional floor area ratio charges as might be notified.

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