DDA

Delhi Development Authority’s 30-hectare Karkardooma transit-oriented development in East Delhi is close to completion. Lieutenant governor TS Sandhu reviewed the site on Tuesday and asked officials to speed up approvals and remaining work so it can be handed over by the end of the year.

Sandhu visited the housing towers, public facilities and landscaped areas with local MLA OP Sharma. He said the development should set a standard for compact, sustainable urban living.

The scheme combines homes, commercial space and civic facilities in DDA’s first integrated TOD project. Its location beside Karkardooma Interchange Metro Station gives access to the Blue and Pink Lines, while NH-9, NH-24, Anand Vihar railway station and ISBT are nearby.

Phase I includes DDA Towering Heights, with 1,026 premium 2BHK flats. The complex has 10 housing towers; nine are built, while work continues on the tallest tower, which has 48 storeys and is around 155 metres high.

Civil construction is finished across all towers. Lift fitting and associated work are under way and are expected to conclude by the end of the month; commercial-complex work is also nearly done. DDA said 95.5 per cent of project revenue has been collected.

The project brings residential, retail and public uses together around a metro interchange, with an emphasis on walking and public transport. Its road and rail links could make it a significant East Delhi hub.

A 20,000 square metres central green zone is planned with a jogging route, children's play space, open-air gym, cricket ground, badminton courts and landscaping. The homes use Mivan shuttering and gypsum-plaster finishes.

Common spaces and planting remain to be completed. NBCC must also pass the site to DDA before the authority can take handover, with those activities expected to run until the end of the year.