Less than 24 hours before the
Delhi Development Authority was to conduct the much awaited draw of lots for
its Housing Scheme 2014, the biggest residential scheme till date, the land
agency deferred the exercise citing inordinate delay during mock draw. The DDA
had on November 14 announced that the draw of lots for the 25,034 flats will
start on Monday (November 17) at 11:30 am.
However, on Sunday it announced
its decision to postpone the draw without giving the next date. Earlier, the
draw was to take place tentatively on November 5, which was then postponed to
November 10 and then 12.
“A mock trial of the draw of
DDA
Housing Scheme 2014 was held today at Vikas Sadan in the presence of
honourable judges and senior officers of the DDA. After the mock trial, the
Centre for Development of Advance Computing (C-DAC) officials observed that the
process has taken a long time to the tune of eight to nine hours...,” the DDA
said in a press release.
It attributed the huge amount of
time taken in mock trial to “large number of applications (more than 10 lakh),
multiple categories of flats (more than four), multiple preferences for
locations (34) and multiple reservations (SC, ST, persons with disabilities, ex-servicemen
and war widows)”.
The civic agency further said the
process needs more time for optimisation of data and the process of draw.
The DDA has called technical
experts to check the process and give their opinion to ensure that the final
draw does not take so much time and is free of technical errors.
“It was decided to give more time
to the technical team, which has been working on the draw for the past 72 hours
continuously and, therefore, the draw scheduled for November 17 has been
postponed,” it said.
The agency said the next date of
draw will be announced as soon as the technical team is ready for the draw.
The scheme is the DDA’s biggest
ever housing scheme till date. For 25, 034 flats, the agency have received over
10 lakh applications. Most of the flats are in low-income group.
