The DDA's draft plan for the P-II zone pertains to a zone which today comprises 24 villages and 68 unauthorised colonies. For them, the zonal plan offers redevelopment. The eyesore that is the stinking Bhalswa landfill marks the periphery of this zone which as of now has large chunks of open land, making it much sought after for building a new township. With the authority’s clearance in hand, the draft has now been put out for public feedback. Once the objections and suggestions are in, the same will be studied and incorporated in the draft and the final document will be put up before the authority for approval again. Following the final approval, the zonal plan would be notified by the ministry of urban development.
The NCT of Delhi is divided into 15 planning zones — A to P — except one — I — in Master Plan 2021. P zone is further divided into P-I and P-II. As per Master Plan 2021, P-II zone covers an area of 8,534 hectares and has a heterogeneous character marked by villages, unauthorised colonies and a few planned areas. This zone is located in the northern part of Delhi, bound by the Delhi-Haryana border in the north, river Yamuna in the east, Outer Ring Road to the south and NH-I in the west.According to MPD-2021, urban extension areas are to be planned with a density of 250-300 persons per hectare. Based on the area under consideration, the proposed population would be 19 lakh, including the existing settlements.The population projected by MPD 2021 is 230 lakh. Out of this, the holding capacity for the present zones from A-H and the three sub-cities — Dwarka, Rohini and Narela — has been estimated at 153 lakh. The remaining population will have to be accommodated in the urban extensions including P-II zone.
At present, P-II zone looks a lot like this. The abadis of 24 villages and one census town fall in this area. The villages include Burari, Bhalswa Dairy/Jahangirpuri, Bakhtawarpur and Nathupura among others. There are a large number of farm houses as well in this zone. There are several non-conforming activities present including industries, wholesale trade godowns amd banquet halls. This zone is home to around 68 unauthorised colonies. The plan indicates sub-division of the entire urban area under P-II zone into 13 sub-zones for the purpose of development. The sub-zone plan would be further subdivided into various residential pockets containing neighbourhood level recreational and community facilities.About 3,235 hectares has been proposed for residential use, including about 1,100 hectares under existing settlements including villages. Rest of the residential land use is proposed for new development.
Plotted development is out and highrises are the way to go. The housing strategy for P-II zone incorporates development of new housing area as well as upgradation and redensification through redevelopment of existing housing areas including unauthorised colonies. In view of limited availability of land and increased requirement of housing, plotted residential development is being discouraged. The sub city when fully developed will provide housing facilities to over 4.22 lakh families from all income groups. According to DDA, this zone is suitable for helipads development as it is far away from the air funnel. Three such complexes are proposed to be developed as landmark points in Delhi. There will be one each in PSP use zone, commercial use zone and residential use zone. According to designers of P-II zonal plan, these complexes of super tall buildings will be designed in such a way so that they can effectively tackle transportation and vehicular pollution in addition to releasing land for green spaces in abundance. “This will not only change the skyline of Delhi but also facilitate international investors to develop state of the art urban design projects. These complexes will also have helipad facilities which will provide direct accessibility to various cities,” officials elaborated.
Surveys show that the zone has a very wide green coverage in the form of orchards, forest and farmlands. Besides this, about 941 hectares of land has been proposed for recreational and green use. This is made up of district parks, city parks, community parks and roadside green. The 941 hectares also includes a recreational complex with a lake, nine hole golf course and other facilities in Bhalswa Lake Complex. A city park spread over 150 hectares is proposed for socio-cultural node, housing a museum, art galleries, library, auditorium, concert hall, open air theatre, convention hall and a music centre. The existing landfill site on the corner of NH-I and outer Ring Road junction on eastern side has been proposed for setting up a zonal level recreational area which could be developed as a millennium park to enhance the aesthetic image of the sub city. An amusement park spread over 20 hectares has been proposed in the green belt. Besides this, the zone will see the development of an international exhibition cum fair ground and science city on the lines of Pragati Maidan. The zone is located along river Yamuna and development of recreational areas, sports facilities, bio-diversity park, bird sanctuaries, boulevards form part of the riverfront development plans. One of the major objectives of the plan is to create a sustainable physical and social environment.
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