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Some relaxation for clinics, pathological labs

Staff Reporter

May be allowed now to operate from even 18 sq. mt plots

NEW DELHI: The Board of Enquiry constituted to consider suggestions and objections to the Master Plan for Delhi-2021 completed its hearings at a meeting on Monday wherein it allowed clinics and pathological laboratories to operate out of even 18 square metre plots -- relaxing the existing provision of a minimum of 50 square metres -- and also increased the permissible floor area ratio for primary schools from 66 per cent to 99 per cent by allowing them one more floor.

A member of the Board, Councillor Virender Kasana, said the final meeting, in which the decisions were taken, lasted over an hour. It was also attended by the Vice-Chairman of the Delhi Development Authority, Dinesh Rai, as also the Member (Engineering) and Commissioner Planning of the Authority.

Since the notification of the draft Master Plan, the Board has in all held 18 meetings -- including four public hearings in which the DDA staff organised camps in different places to hear the views of the people on the proposed Master Plan-2021.

All the suggestions of the Board will now be put before the DDA Authority at its meeting on December 29. The meeting will be chaired by the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, and after being passed the final recommendations would be sent to the Centre for its approval. With the completion of the hearings, the stage has thus been set for the new Master Plan to be finalised in January 2007.

The Board took up two major issues during the meeting. While the earlier criteria for clinics of doctors and pathological laboratories was that they should be on a plot of at least 50 square metres, it was pointed out that this would prohibit their existence in DDA colonies having 18 square metre units as also resettlement and regularised colonies. So it was accepted that clinics and labs would be allowed on 18 square metre plots in E, F, G and H category colonies, unauthorised regularised colonies, resettlement colonies and villages.

The Board also relaxed the norms for primary schools. While earlier 33 per cent FAR was permitted on the ground floor and first floor each taking the total FAR to 66 per cent, the Board increased this to 99 per cent by allowing another floor with 33 per cent FAR.

Mr. Kasana said this had been done because in the Master Plan-2021 there would be no provision for new primary schools and nursery school sites. To meet the needs of the existing schools and the students, it was decided that they should be allowed to have one more floor."

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