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Policy to rehabilitate slum dwellers in Delhi finalised: Amit Shah

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The Delhi Slum and JJ Cluster Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2026, which will benefit four lakh families living in such places, was finalised on Tuesday, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced.

Shah said the Delhi government should issue tenders for at least five public-private-partnership-based rehabilitation projects every month.

Chairing a review meeting on the rehabilitation of slum dwellers in the national capital, the home minister directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) and Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB) to issue tenders for five clusters within 45 days.

He also told officials to prepare project documents and tender forms for an additional 50 JJ clusters.

Shah said the eligibility cut-off date for the JJ clusters should be fixed as January 1, 2025.

“In the meeting, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said Delhi Slum and JJ Cluster Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2026, has been finalised today and the Government of Delhi should notify it at the earliest,” according to an official statement.

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The home minister directed that in the construction of the rehabilitation colonies, adequate and sufficient provisions should be made for community facilities, such as anganwadi centres, educational facilities, health centres and playgrounds.

Shah underlined that the decisions taken at the meeting will benefit four lakh families living in Delhi’s “jhuggi-jhopdi” (JJ) clusters.

The meeting was attended by Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar, Delhi Lieutenant Governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta and other senior ministers of the city government and officials.

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