Reserve 30% flats for govt employees

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken has asked Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy to reserve 30 per cent houses in the DDA housing scheme for government employees and the remaining 70 per cent for the residents of Delhi.

To ensure that they can apply for this scheme, the deadline should be extended by 15 to 30 days, he added.

After writing a letter in this regard to the Urban Development Minister, Maken met Reddy on Thursday to drive home the point. Maken is an MP from the South Delhi constituency, which has a large number of government employees.

In his letter, Maken said that “Delhi has around 65-70,000 units of government accommodation and the satisfaction level of the government employees vis-à-vis housing is 69 per cent. Hence, it is requested that 30 per cent reservation be provided to government employees in the ongoing DDA housing scheme, which accounts for about 16,000 units.”