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Delhi’s 351 roads stuck in 17-year wait for mixed-use tag
Delhi's Master Plan 2047 has not resolved the fate of 351 roads awaiting official notification as mixed-use and commercial streets, leaving traders worried about future sealing drives. A proposal passed by MCD…
Delhi's Master Plan 2047 has not resolved the fate of 351 roads awaiting official notification as mixed-use and commercial streets, leaving traders worried about future sealing drives. A proposal passed by MCD in 2007 was sent to the Delhi government but never cleared. The new plan says only roads already notified by the state will continue, with no new designations.
Under MPD 2021, 2,538 roads and streets were notified. In 2018, amid a sealing drive, Delhi government submitted a draft notification to the LG, but the final file remains pending in courts. D Thara, MoHUA secretary, said a holistic approach would be taken within two months. Traders' bodies said the omission in MPD 2047 leaves the long-pending issue ambiguous.
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The 351 roads in limbo are a legacy of Delhi's chaotic transition from the 2021 Master Plan to the 2047 one. The 2007 MCD resolution shows this is a 17-year-old knot, not a new one. A notification would regularise thousands of shops and restaurants that have already been built along these roads, protecting them from sealing drives that have repeatedly paralysed Delhi's markets. The real test is the Delhi government's next move: it has two months to file its response to the MoHUA secretary's call for a holistic approach. If the notification comes, it will unlock the economic value of these corridors, if it doesn't, litigation will almost certainly follow.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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