New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will hold a meeting with resident welfare associations (RWAs) on Monday as the fourth meeting in a series of stakeholder consultations aimed at ensuring coordinated, effective and participatory implementation of MPD 2047, an official said.
Around 20 such stakeholder meetings have been planned over a three-month period, the official said.
On Monday, the “awareness and appraisal” meeting for the RWAs on the MPD 2047 will be organised at DDA’s Vikas Sadan near INA under the direction of Lieutenant Governor and DDA Chairperson T.S. Sandhu for wide stakeholder engagement, the official said in a notice.
Issuing an open invitation to RWAs, Federations of RWAs and Cooperative Group Housing Societies (CGHS), the DDA said, “The participation of residents and stakeholder organisations will help the DDA in creating greater awareness and facilitating the planned, inclusive and infrastructure-supported redevelopment of Delhi’s existing urban areas.”
The Master Plan for Delhi-2047 was notified by the Central Government on August 20.
The MPD 2047 provides for the redevelopment of group housing complexes/schemes in the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
The MPD 2047 focuses on improving and redeveloping existing ageing areas/buildings to accommodate more people in a planned way, along with better water supply, sewerage, roads, open spaces and essential public facilities.
Earlier this week, the land-owning authority held stakeholder consultations with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), Delhi Metro and other key government agencies and heritage conservation bodies on various provisions of the MPD 2047 for their effective implementation.
The interactions were part of a series of stakeholder consultations aimed at ensuring coordinated, effective and participatory implementation of MPD 2047, an official statement said.
The third stakeholder meeting was held on Thursday with conservation bodies, architects working in heritage conservation, Delhi Tourism, Archaeological Survey of India, School of Planning and Architecture, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage, Department of Archaeology, Indraprastha Virasat Punarvikas Nigam (IVPN), MCD, Delhi Urban Art Commission (DUAC), Delhi Fire Service and Ministry of Culture.
The first consultation was held earlier with public representatives — Members of Parliament and Members of the Legislative Assembly of Delhi, the statement said.
During these meetings, the DDA provides an overview of the major provisions of MPD 2047, which is followed by detailed discussions with the participating stakeholders on various aspects of implementation and coordination.
–IANS
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