Centre hiding report advising DDA be answerable to Delhi govt:

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Oct 10 2016 | 8:28 PM IST
The AAP today alleged that the Centre was hiding the Madhukar Gupta committee report on DDA, which it claims, recommended the DDA be made accountable to the Delhi government.
The party also questioned Centre's stand on implementing the committee report.
"It is beyond any reasonable understanding as to why the BJP's central government has been hiding the report of the Madhukar Gupta committee on DDA since more than a year.
"It has been reported that the committee submitted its report to the union urban development ministry in October 2015 but it is yet to be made public. Why is the central government afraid to make this report public?" AAP leader Raghav Chadha said.
Gupta was the vice-chairman of the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and a former Home Secretary.
Chadha said this is not for the first time that a central government appointed committee has recommended that the DDA be made accountable to the elected government of Delhi.
He claimed that in 2001, a report titled - - 'Delhi 21' (Delhi Urban Environment and Infrastructure Improvement Project), which was commissioned by the Centre, strongly recommended "DDA be brought under the Delhi Government."
"In March 2013, report of the Fourth Delhi Finance Commission recommended 'Central government should display its commitment beginning with transfer of control over the local authorities such as DDA to GNCTD'.
He also claimed that the Committee has blamed DDA for "urban mess" in the city as it has also failed to use the funds accrued and earned through various activities for housing development and catering to needs of the people of Delhi.

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First Published: Oct 10 2016 | 8:28 PM IST

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