Maintenance Fees Cut Down in Dwarka, Rohini and Narela by DDA

by Nityanand Tripathi Senior Digital Marketing Executive

DDA, on 25th February, decided to cut down the maintenance fees by as much as 50% in its residential projects in Dwarka, Rohini, and Narela. The decision was taken in the view of the protest over high maintenance fees, given the small size of the flats, by people who were allotted flats in these areas.

In 2014, DDA had allotted close to 10,000 flats in Dwarka, Rohini, Narela, and Siraspur. As one senior DDA official said, people who were allotted these flats were complaining for a long time. And, given the small size of the flats, the fees were high. With this assessment, DDA has decided to lower the maintenance fees to 50%. DDA had, in 2014 and 2017, asked the allottees to pay the maintenance fees for basic maintenance in the residential complex.

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Similar concerns have been raised by the allottees of DDA Housing Scheme 2014. Under this, a total of 772 EWS flats were allotted at Shivaji Marg. The allottees say the cost of the flats was between 6 and 11 lakh when the scheme was launched. However, it went up to as high as 19 lakh by the time letters of allotment were issued to them.

Now, the allottees are saying that it is beyond their means to pay this raised amount. This increased cost of the flat now includes Rs 3.55 lakh that goes for the maintenance of civil and electrical work in the residential complex. However, DDA has now reduced this to Rs 50,000.

As one DDA official said, this is being done to keep because DDA wants to ease the burden on the economically weaker section of society. And to keep its promise of affordable and EWS housing, DDA is going to keep the maintenance fees substantially low for flats in the new schemes as well.

This will bring down the maintenance fees by Rs 2.5 lakh for every flat. Furthermore, Delhi Awas Yojna has also lowered recovery of one-time maintenance by 50%.

Notwithstanding the above, the allottees in Rohini and Narela are also protesting against the small size of the flats. DDA has come up with a solution to this problem as well. It has asked the allottees of one bedroom flats in Narela G-2 and G-8 and Rohini sector 34 and 35 to apply for the flat adjacent to theirs. DDA then suggest that it will grant them permission to merge the two flats into one unit.

One DDA official, however, highlighted that this advantage can be enjoyed by allottees that have their adjacent flats vacant at the moment.