The Lok Sabha recently passed a bill to amend the laws to identify the unauthorized colonies around the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The aim of the new bill is to regulate the area amidst the opposition regarding the fuel price increase.
Bill To Provide Relief To The Delhites
Hardeep Singh Puri, the Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development moved the National Capital of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Bill 2021 in the House. The bill was first moved back in 2006 as well but the Opposition had reportedly delayed the process.
Puri said that the process for the unauthorized colonies started back in 2006 itself but all the ruling governments between 2006 and 2014 delayed the whole procedure. He said that the problem has been known to the people of Delhi for a long time. Especially when the population of the state increased from 8 lakhs in 1947 to 1.6 crores at the latest. And the next census might report around 2 crores of people in the state.
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However, the Bill was passed by the Lower House after the members had a brief discussion. He said that the Bill will ensure to provide relief to the Delhi citizens who have been neglected (reportedly) for years by the previous governments.
Bill Gets Extension Till 2023
The government introduced the Bill on February 8 this year in Rajya Sabha. The new bill replaced the National Capital Territory of Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Second (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020.
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Earlier the Ordinance was until December 31, 2020, but it was later extended to December 31, 2023. The 2011 act was aimed at providing regularisation for the unauthorized colonies that were created until March 31, 2002, and the construction started from June 2014.
