NEW DELHI: After receiving an encouraging response for the flats offered in the three housing schemes launched in Jasola in Aug, Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has finalised a comprehensive plan for the maintenance and upkeep of civic services in various pockets, including 9A, 9B and 6, in phases.
While DDA is still corresponding with Municipal Corporation of Delhi to take over the sanitation services in these pockets, it has decided to choose agencies to perform these tasks for a year for the convenience of the residents.
The project includes the maintenance of 320 high-income group (HIG) multistoryed flats in Pocket-9A by desilting internal sewer lines using super-sucker machines, in addition to cleaning drains. DDA will also assign tasks for day-to-day cleaning, sweeping, and cleaning of internal roads and common areas at Jasola Heights.
An agency will be in charge of the day-to-day maintenance and attend to the complaints related to external and internal services at DDA HIG flats in Pocket-9B for a year. The repair and maintenance of the local shopping centre and a community hall in Pocket 6 are part of the comprehensive project.
“There have been regular complaints from residents regarding the lack of proper cleaning of internal lanes in their flat areas, and we aim to resolve all sanitation issues and make this place a perfect place to live,” said an official.
In Aug, DDA conducted a survey of the area and decided to completely overhaul the roads, drains and footpaths in Jasola. The authority has finalised a separate proposal for the repair of roads and constructing missing drains and footpaths at District Centre Jasola and in Pocket I and II, with an estimated cost of Rs 3.3 crore.
“The project will include repairing perennial waterlogging points, damaged roads and constructing missing drains to avoid water accumulation. We will re-invite tenders for the project soon,” said an official. The project, which will also have another phase, was initiated after discussions with residents welfare associations and residents in the areas.
The open area behind the district centre, near the parking lot, faces the problem of waterlogging and the drain network and footpaths are also missing opposite the centre, the survey stated. The project also aims to provide pedestrian walkways throughout the colony.
“On Church Road, connecting to Jasola Village Road, DDA made concrete stretches around nine years ago. But due to the movement of heavy vehicles and trucks to the sewage treatment plant, it has been damaged in many places, and there has been a long-standing demand to repair it properly,” an official said. DDA will also reconstruct damaged drains before the road repair till Jasola Sports Complex Road, he added.
