3 govt colonies on prime land to get makeover

More than 12,500 houses will be built under the project, costing an estimated Rs 15,000 crore. Though the high-rises will pack more number of housing units into the colonies, the Thyagraj Nagar Colony will have less number of houses than those existing there now. But the new houses would be bigger than the existing ones.

Smallest of the three projects, the proposed Thyagraj Nagar Colony will be spread over 54,900 sqm with 280 housing units. It currently has 602 Type-I houses, each measuring 46.8 sqm. After the proposed redevelopment, however, the colony will have 276 housing units in categories Type-IV (116 units, each measuring 128 sqm), Type-V (85 units, each measuring 200 sqm) and Type-VI (75 units, each measuring 268 sqm).

“Post-redevelopment, the Thyagraj Nagar Colony will see houses of Type-IV, Type-V and Type-VI, which would be bigger than the existing Type-I houses. Consequently, there will be less number of housing units. Recent guidelines issued by the Centre has abolished construction of Type-I quarters and it is mandatory to come up with Type-II and above category quarters now,” an official said.

Also, because of regulations governing the proximity of Thyagraj Nagar to the Safdarjung Airport, the NBCC has been asked to restrict the height of the high-rises to 15 metres, which means the buildings cannot have more than four floors unlike the other projects. The project is likely to cost Rs 441 crore and the NBCC expects to raise Rs 384 crore through revenue generated from sale of 10 per cent commercial land.

Netaji Nagar is the biggest of the three projects, spread over 4,48,700 sqm. In all, 7,546 new units across Type-II to Type-VI categories will be built, almost three times the existing number of houses. At present, the colony has 2,772 houses across Type-I to Type-IV categories (the smallest unit is 46.8 sqm and the largest is 96.6 sqm). The new houses will be bigger — the smallest unit measuring 70 sqm and the largest measuring 268.5 sqm.

“The estimated cost of the project is Rs 7,741.16 crore while the NBCC expects to raise Rs 8,791 crore through revenue generation on sale of 10 per cent commercial land,” the official said.

Similarly, the Kasturba Nagar project will be spread over 2,13,700 sqm. At present, the colony has 2,521 Type-I units, each measuring 46.8 sqm. The proposed colony will have 4,725 units across categories Type-II to Type-VI categories. The smallest unit will measure 70 sqm and the largest will measure 268.5 sqm. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 3,416.16 crore and the NBCC hopes to generate
Rs 4,209 crore through the sale of 10 per cent commercial land.

The multi-storeyed residential-cum-commercial complexes will be mini-townships with facilities like clubs, markets, healthcare centres and schools.