Ground floor Shops in DDA Flats Permitted

Succumbing to pressure from the traders’ lobby, the union urban development ministry has decided to regularise all existing commercial establishments on the ground floor of DDA flats located in mixed land use stretches. However, commercial activity will not be allowed in upcoming DDA flats. This means that over one lakh shops in DDA flats in areas such as Mayur Vihar, Amar Colony, Kalkaji, East of Kailash, Lajpat Nagar, Munirka, Janakpuri, Rohini, Pitampura, Shalimar Bagh and Dwarka among others, will be spared closure.