DELHI MASTER PLAN 2021 MINDER
A Plan revision minder to help citizens gear up for effectively participating through the Public Notice process under which the draft of the revised Plan was to be placed before them for 90 days in 2003 (suspended due to delay in Public Notice)
| Demystify
An entitlements’ perspective of the Plan and its revision |
Track
Status, process and trends affecting entitlements |
Engage
Comfort-zone links, campaigns and activities |
| Delhi Master Plan is part and parcel of the Act by which Delhi Development Authority was created and land acquired compulsorily in Delhi over 40 years for only for development according to Plan. Most accurately described as a document of citizens’ entitlements in benefits of balanced equitable and sustainable development, the Plan came into force in 1962, was revised in the ‘80s for 2001 and is now being revised for 2021. Plan revision modifies entitlements and the law protects them from being downsized in this process. That the revision should proceed lawfully is what could do with minding. |
Status. Work on Delhi Master Plan 2021 started in 1999 and announcements about proposed changes are frequently made, but there is no information about progress on it by due process of law.
Process. Some Entitlements. Plan modifications already announced condone violations and implementation failures to effectively facilitate land commodification at the cost of citizens' entitlements and with grave implications for the city's future. |
This Minder hopes that citizens of Delhi (owners of its Master Plan) and its young urban professionals (who will be its professional custodians) will use it to use the window of opportunity provided by the Public Notice to effectively engage on Plan revision for 90-days of Public Notice period and to forge alliances to engage on Plan implementation for 20 years of the Plan period.
The intention is not to create a single forum for engaging now or later but a comfort-zone for citizens and young professionals to meet to strike their own alliances and courses. The intention is also to create a space for campaigns and activities consistent with the purpose of this Minder. |
| Demystify | Track | Engage |
Gita Dewan Verma / Planner / January 2003 - August 2003 / Based largely on engagements of Master Plan Implementation Support Group
Delhi Master Plan 2021 (minders)
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