DDA's new lift installation policy: Get NOC from local bodies

Allottees of DDA flats in denotified areas will now no longer need to approach the housing authority for permission for installing lifts and can obtain the same from local bodies.
The decision was taken at the Authority Meeting of DDA and seeks to further liberalise lift-installation guidelines to make it more compatible with the ground realities, DDA today said.
The policy of installation of lifts in DDA flats, first notified on May 26, 2011, was subsequently modified on August 3, 2012, the urban body said.
"In the new policy, unauthorised construction has been delinked while processing the case for NOC (for lifts), and DDA has, in principle, granted NOC in the policy itself to DDA flat-owners in denotified areas. The policy has also been extended to Cooperative Group Housing Society flats," it said.

"Therefore, the allottees of de-notified areas need not approach DDA for NOC and the local body concerned shall grant permission/NOC at their end," it said.
It has also been mentioned in the policy that the lift well shall be constructed abutting the blind wall so that natural light, ventilation and movement is not affected and will be an independent structure.

The lift should be installed in a manner that the stability of the existing structure is not affected and no load is transferred on to the existing structure.
The ground coverage or Floor Area Ratio (FAR) used for installation of lift well shall not be counted in the permissible FAR/ground coverage. The validity of the permission has also been increased from three years to five years, the urban body said.

In the 2012 modification, it was decided that all allottees of DDA flats will apply to DDA irrespective of whether a colony had been transferred to MCD.