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Union Home Minister Amit Shah connected Tuesday directed the Delhi Development Authority and the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board to contented tenders for the rehabilitation of 5 jhuggi-jhopri (JJ) clusters wrong 45 days.
The announcement came nether a caller strategy — the Delhi Slum and JJ Cluster Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2026, which replaces the 2015 argumentation and expands the scheme’s coverage. Mr. Shah said the caller argumentation volition payment 4 lakh families. He asked the Delhi authorities to notify it astatine the earliest.
New cut-off date
Under the caller policy, the eligibility cut-off day for JJ clump residents would beryllium January 1, 2025 alternatively of the earlier cut-off of January 1, 2015. Those eligible volition beryllium provided accommodation successful “rehabilitation colonies”. The Union Home Minister issued the directions astatine a reappraisal gathering attended by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, Lieutenant-Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Union Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Manohar Lal, and respective elder officials.
Mr. Shah asked the Delhi authorities to rotation retired astatine slightest 5 rehabilitation projects each period nether the public-private concern exemplary and hole tenders for an further 50 JJ clusters.
The Union Home Minister said rehabilitation colonies should not beryllium constricted to lodging units alone.
“Adequate proviso should beryllium made for assemblage facilities specified arsenic anganwadi centres, acquisition institutions, wellness centres and playgrounds,” an authoritative merchandise stated.
“Under the enactment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Government of India is committed to the upliftment of Antyodaya and Garib Kalyan,” the connection quoted Mr. Shah arsenic saying.
