Final boundary map of 600 unauthorised colonies prepared
Entrusted with the task of finalising the boundaries of 1,018 unauthorised colonies which are awaiting regularisation, Survey of India has submitted its the final report on 600 of these localities to Delhi government.
According to Urban Development Minister A K Walia, architects and other concerned Delhi Government officials are studying the report and would send it back to the Survey of India by this week to hasten the regularisation process.
“We have recieved the final boundary report regarding 600 unauthorised colonies from Survey of India. After studying it, it will be sent back to the Survey of India which will mark the khasra numbers of the land and specify whether it is private or government land,” said Walia.
The state government had identified 1,018 colonies for regularisation which have been given clearances by almost all concerned agencies. Survey of India will give the maps of all these colonies to Delhi Government. The government had initially issued provisional regularisation certificates (PRCs) to 1,639 unauthorised colonies in 2008 but the regularisation-related work slowed down because of allegations last year that even some “non-existent” as well as “ineligible” colonies were given these certificates.
Walia told Deccan Herald the mapping being done by Survey of India is a cumbersome and time-consuming task.
“It is a lot of hard work. Lots of agencies are in picture and aerial maps have to be consulted. In case of some of these colonies, there are no aerial pictures and they have to be arranged.
The government has set 2002 as the cut-off year, indicating that unauthorised colonies that came up after that will not be considered for regularisation.
Walia clarified that even as the mapping is on, the development work has not suffered in these colonies and everything was being done to meet people’s expectations.
