UTTIPEC to monitor South Delhi Greenway corridor project

The Unified Traffic Transportation Infrastructure (Planning and Engineering) Centre (UTTIPEC) will monitor and review the progress of the operationalisation of South Delhi Greenway and Eco Mobility Corridor Project and report the same to the Delhi Lt Governor, the DDA said today.
The decision was taken during the Authority Meeting of the Delhi Development Authority today where the matter was discussed.
It was approved that UTTIPEC should also report the same to Vice Chairman, DDA and Lt Governor of Delhi, the chairman of the DDA.
A project implementation unit was also approved to be constituted with Chief Engineer (South), DDA as the nodal officer.

Commissioner (Planning), Additional Commissioner (Land Scape), Director (UTTIPEC), CEO (DJB), Secretary (PWD), Secretary (UD)GNCTD, Commissioners of the three municipal corporations, Director of NEERI, Principal Director of INTACH and Director General (ASI) will all be members of the team, it said in a statement.
A detailed project report (DPR) will be prepared for the entire stretch of 12.5-km of the project which is located within the zone J and zone F of DDA Zonal Developmental Plan and covers the total length of Barapullah drain originating near Saib-ul-Ajab near Meharauli and ending at the confluence with river Yamuna near Barapullah Bridge.

The project will be funded by DDA and an indicative project cost as estimated by IDFC was indicated at Rs 250 crore for phase-I i.E. From Sarai Kale Khan to INA.

The UTTIPEC under the DDA is an implementing body for urban projects in the national capital.
According to the urban body, a modification in gazette notification issued on June 18 last year, was proposed by way of allowing inclusion of 17 villages as part of the green belt.
Among other decisions taken at the meeting, as per modifications suggested in the Master Plan Delhi-2021, it proposed that the maximum ground coverage in respect of plots from 750 sqm and above be increased from 40 per cent to 50 per cent and the FAR (floor area ratio) be increased from 120 to 200.

However, there was no change in the number of dwelling units proposed to be allowed after increase in FAR. The proposal was approved by the Authority, however, it was directed that issue be taken up to the court for allowing additional dwelling units in view of the increase in FAR.
Change of land use of an area measuring 21.58 hectares situated in revenue estate of Village Ghitorni here from residential to public and semi-public was also proposed in the meet.