December 29, 2023: Union Minister of Housing & Urban Affairs and Petroleum & Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on December 29 said the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has played a major role in shaping the national capital through diligent planning and development over the years.
“It is due, in part, to the DDA’s efforts that Delhi is on the path to becoming a world-class city,” Puri said. The minister remarked while participating in DDA’s 67th Sansthapana Diwas celebrations. Apart from Puri, Delhi Lieutenant-Governor V K Saxena also attended the event.
Speaking at the occasion, Puri said that the most remarkable contribution of the DDA was its efforts to ensure that the economically weaker and vulnerable sections of society were not left behind in the ambition of creating a city that keeps pace with the evolving times.
“The DDA has successfully provided houses under the In-Situ Slum Rehabilitation Project, and is also in the process of conferring ownership rights to the residents of 1,731 unauthorised colonies of Delhi under the PM-UDAY,” Puri said.
Addressing the gathering, Saxena said, “As a chairman of the DDA, I have been personally involved in all its projects for the last one-and-half years. And, I would proudly state that I am very impressed with the hard work put up by them in shaping the national capital.”
“Delhi is a complex and vibrant city with multiple agencies functioning and the aspiration of the people from government and its agencies is huge. It is not an easy task to fulfil them. But I must say that DDA has played a pivotal role in the holistic development of the city,” he added.
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