DDA allocates Rs 690 crore for maintenance of greens (Times of India 22 January 2011)

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has allocated Rs 690 crore for maintenance of greens in the budget estimates for the year 2011-2012. This also includes development of new greens and biodiversity parks. Besides this, to meet the demand for residential, commercial and institutional land, development works have been taken up at Rohini, Dwarka, Narela, Jasola, Okhla, Mayur Vihar, etc. For the next financial year, a provision of Rs 1,415.30 crore has been made under this head. The land agency made these announcements while presenting its budget estimates for the year 2011-2012 in Raj Niwas on Friday. "The L-G, Tejendra Khanna, has directed that the status of all the 2,600 parks in Delhi developed by DDA should be assessed through a survey to pinpoint deficiencies. The report on the same will be submitted within three months. Full action for overcoming the deficiencies - such as lack of adequate lighting of parks, etc - will then be taken up," said spokesperson, Neemo Dhar. It has also been decided that Swaran Jayanti Park of DDA at Rohini and four more district parks will be developed and upgraded as 'model parks'. In addition, DDA is going to spend on upgrading its existing bio-diversity parks in Aravali and Yamuna and developing the new parks coming up in Northern Ridge, Yamuna riverfront, Neela Hauz and Tilpat Valley. "We are going to take up various development projects in the next financial years, which include constructing five new sports complexes in Dwarka, Narela, east Delhi, etc. A total of 30,000 dwelling units for the economically weaker sections are also being developed in the city and improvement of arterial roads are being taken up in seven villages,'' said a DDA official.