Constituted in the year 1957 as the first
development authority in the country with no role model to follow, in the
last four decades and a half there have been proud milestones and achievements
in DDA's journey.
In 1962 DDA formulated the 1st Master Plan for the planned growth
and development of Delhi.
DDA extensively revised the 1st Master Plan and a
comprehensive Master Plan with perspective up to
2001 adopted in 1990.
The Draft Master Plan for Delhi 2021
was finalized and approved by the Authority
and also by Central Government for publication of notification
in Gazette of India alongwith land use plan for inviting
objections and suggestions from the public.
The objections/suggestions thus received would be studied and analysed for incorporating the same, if viable, in the final Master plan for Delhi 2021
DDA has acquired 69907.50 acres of land
and developed it for residential, recreational, industrial, commercial
and institutional purposes.
DDA has constructed, or facilitated construction of more than 10.65
lakh dwelling units hereby ensuring shelter for more than half of
the population of Delhi.
DDA planned and created the infrastructure for the IX Asian Games
including a shooting range,a stadium of international standards and
the integrated Asian Games Village containing 853 dwelling units.
DDA
has given to Delhi city modern, well-laid-out shopping-office
complexes that have been created in 9 district centers, 36 commercial
centers, 134 local shopping centers and 440 convenient shopping centres
all over Delhi.
DDA has developed as many as 22 industrial
estates having 12000 units. The Authority has also allotted thousands
of institutional plots.
District centers, community centers, local
shopping centers and other commercial areas
planned and created by the DDA are a beehive of
economic activity, creating wealth and generating
employment all over the city.
To streamline growing flow of traffic, DDA has
created planned infrastructure, including strategic fly-overs.
Pleasant results are clearly visible.
DDA
has instituted Urban Heritage Award for maintenance and upkeep of old
buildings that are more than 50 years old, still in use and not listed
as monuments. This has generated awareness of Delhi's hitherto heritage
and encouraged proper maintenance of heritage
sites.
As many as 5100 hectares of land has been
landscaped and developed as district parks, city
forests, neighbourhood parks and other greens
by the DDA.
The green cover in Delhi is 19 percent, much more
than in other metropolitan cities of India. DDA has
played a leading role in making this possible by
providing extensive green lungs in India's capital
city.
Taking sports
facilities to the citizens' doorsteps, DDA has developed developed 14 sports complexes including one Mini Sports Complex,
26 organised play fields and hundreds of other play fields all over
the city.
Network of sports facilities created by DDA across
the city, and the various sports tournaments that
DDA organizes every year, nurture budding sports
talent in the city who are representing the country at international
meets.
In the four decades and a half of DDA's work, the
authority has created a niche for itself in the hearts of the people
of Delhi. It is in cooperation with the people of Delhi, the government
agencies, the private sector and with citizens from every strata of
society that DDA has striven to carry out its mandate.
Yes, DDA not just builds houses, it touches
Delhiites ' lives in every way.
for publication of notification
in Gazette of India alongwith land use plan for inviting
objections and suggestions from the public.
The objections/suggestions thus received would be studied and analysed for incorporating the same, if viable, in the final Master plan for Delhi 2021
DDA
has given to Delhi city modern, well-laid-out 
DDA
has instituted Urban Heritage Award for maintenance and upkeep of old
buildings that are more than 50 years old, still in use and not listed
as monuments. This has generated awareness of Delhi's hitherto heritage
and encouraged proper maintenance of 
