10,000 DDA flats to be put up for sale by March; are you ready to buy?

Zee Media Bureau

New Delhi: Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will put up nearly 10,000 flats for sale by March, most of them one-bedroom flats, as per a report in the Times of India.

These flats are the ones which were alloted under the 2014 housing scheme but have been surrendered by the allottees because of the size of the apartments.

The 'DDA Housing Scheme 2014', launched on September 1 last year, saw such an overwhelming response that the urban body's website crashed within few hours of its launch.

It totalled about 18 lakh hits in the first few days, prompting authorities to ramp up the system to "handle the exponential rise in online traffic".

The new scheme, offered 25,034 flats - EWS, LIG, MIG, HIG, Janta flats and one-room apartments, ranging in prices from Rs 7 lakh to Rs 1. 2 crore.

Among them, the 22,627 one-bed room apartments were a major draw for the people. However, realising that the size was too small for families, many have rejected the flats.

As per TOI report, owners of more than 9,000 flats have given up their accomodation.