13 353 applicants visited camps to simplify pm uday registration delhi l g

13 353 applicants visited camps to simplify pm uday registration delhi l g

More than 13,000 applicants have visited camps set up to simplify the process of registering houses in unauthorised colonies in the city under the Centre’s Prime Minister-Unauthorised Colonies in Delhi Awas Adhikar Yojana (PM-UDAY) scheme.

The scheme, which was launched ahead of the 2020 Delhi Assembly polls, was off to a slow start. Lt Governor VK Saxena announced last month that special camps will be set up on weekends to expedite the process. The PM-UDAY scheme aims to grant ownership rights to residents of 1,731 unauthorised colonies.

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) holds these camps every weekend and will continue until December 29 at 10 processing centres in unauthorised colonies.

A statement from the office of the L-G said 13,353 applicants have already visited the camps and most had their applications cleared and approved on the spot.

During the Lieutenant Governor’s visit to a camp in Najafgarh last week, a number of people, while appreciating the initiative, had requested him to facilitate on-the-spot registrations for properties.

Following this, Saxena directed to ensure the presence of sub-registrars in the camps.

More than 2,000 new applications were filed in these camps. During the last two weeks, conveyance deeds/authorisation slips were issued for 506 applications and 21 deeds were registered. Thousands of pending applications for regularisation were cleared of deficiencies and hundreds of them were approved, the statement said.

Similar special camps were organised for clearing mutation of properties on grounds of inheritance and providing electricity connections to 14,000 applicants who faced long delays due to a land-pooling policy, it stated.