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Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Delhi Development Authority house: Small chance, big dreams

Neharina Yadav, an architect, makes a living designing fancy houses for the rich. For herself, a small two-room Delhi Development Authority (DDA) flat would do, as it would for any of the lakhs of people who have applied for one.

Her chances of getting a flat will boil down to luck. The odds against her are high.

The DDA has sold a whopping 8.64 lakh forms for the 5,010 one-room, two-room and three-rooms flats up for sale under the recently-launched housing scheme.

Yaday is most likely to be disappointed. She will apply again, whenever DDA announces another scheme. She may eventually get lucky But why must housing in the country's capital be left to chance? Delhi is facing a mounting housing crisis, and DDA is not up to the challenge.

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Saturday, August 2, 2008

5020 Delhi Development Authority flats going, will you get lucky?

Your Dream of buying an affordable flat in Delhi might come true very soon.

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) on Friday announced a new housing scheme offering 5,020 flats across the city The one, two and three-bedroom flats will come for prices much less than what private builders ask for Starting from Rs 7.95 lakh, the price varies depending on the location. The maximum is Rs 77.80 lakh for a three-bedroom flat in Motia Khan.

Forms will be available from August 6 and the last date for applying is September 16.

The ready-to-move flats are located in Dwarka, Paschim Vihar, Rohni and Pitampura in West and northwest Delhi, Vasant Kunj in the south and Dilshad Garden in the east among other areas.

Among those on offer are 280 expandable flats - independent units on which you can build an extra floor.

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