Green Development Area Policy to boost green development in Delhi

NEW DELHI: National Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO) organised a consultative meet on Green Development Policy on Tuesday, April 6. The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has proposed changes to Master Plan-2021 to incorporate the Green Development Policy.

Some important points of the policy include Green Belt (agricultural land) along the border of NCT of Delhi, low-density residential area, foster city level hubs for green living and recreation, create green jobs and economies, and encourage production of food and other natural produce to improve food security.

Manju Paul, Additional Commissioner (Planning), DDA, said that the Green Development Policy is very important and DDA will implement it without any delay. She added that NAREDCO has done good work in organising the event and all the recommendations and suggestions will be presented before the board of enquiry and will be incorporated in the policy.

Hitesh Vaidya, Director, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), said that NIUA acts as the bridge to fill the gap between policy making and development. He added that NIUA wants this change to happen in Delhi and the organisation will become the bridge between the policy formulators and the implementation process. Gaurav Jain, Vice President (North), NAREDCO, said that as this policy came to the public domain, it feels like something was missing in the past and people realise what they were missing in the past so many years.

The event brought together various policy makers, developers, Residents Welfare Association representatives, and industry experts on a common footing to discuss the current challenges and shortcomings in the existing policy.