Question : DEMOLITION OF BUILDINGS IN DELHI



(a) whether cent percent ground coverage and 350 FAR is eligible for regularisation under MPD-2021 for constructions already existing as on September 22, 2006;

(b) if so, whether a large scale demolition of buildings by MCD is underway in Delhi which are fit to be regularised under MPD-2021;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) steps taken by the Union Government to save such buildings from demolition which are fit to be regularised under MPD-2021?

Answer given by the minister


MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI AJAY MAKEN )

(a): Master Plan for Delhi (MPD) 2021, as notified on 7.2.2007, provides for regularization of construction upto 100% ground coverage and 350 FAR which were already existing as on September 22, 2006 on plot measuring upto 175 sqm. on payment of charges, as notified. However, the Hon`bla Supreme Court in the matter of `M.C. Mehta vs. Union of India & Others` has restrained MCD from granting permission for construction of additional floor (third floor) in plotted development except those cases where construction was permissible on the basis of the Master Plan-2001 (notified on 1.8.1990), as modified in 1998.

(b)to(d): Regularization is subject to payment of charges. MCD has intimated that no action is being taken against buildings which have been got regularized as per the provisions of MPD-2021.