500 flats vacant with DDA, will come up in next scheme
Among the 500 are several higher income group (HIG) flats, from the 2010 DDA scheme, which are vacant in prime locations such as Vasant Kunj and Dwarka. These flats will be allotted under DDA’s next housing scheme, which is yet to be announced.
The list prepared by the land agency shows six HIG flats vacant in Vasant Kunj, 19 in Dwarka, 12 in Jasola, seven in Rohini and three in Mukherjee Nagar. DDA’s housing complex in Vasant Kunj has 10 more vacant flats, including four lower income group (LIG) flats.
“Majority of the flats that have been surrendered or cancelled. They include LIG or Janata flats in areas like Narela, Jasola, Rohini, etc. There are also middle-income flats in Jahangirpur. In such cases, the allottees must not have come forward to make payment leading to cancelling of their allotment or they might have surrendered the allotment on their own. These flats are part of the recent 2010 scheme and include flats of earlier housing schemes,’’ a DDA official said.
Other than non-payment, officials said the allotment might have been cancelled due to incomplete formalities. “These 500 flats will be included for allotment in the next housing scheme, whenever it is floated,’’ DDA spokesperson Neemo Dhar said.
While many of the flats of the 2010 housing scheme are already in a bad condition, the
