The Delhi government has decided to grant urban status to 48 villages across the capital, a move intended to bring them into the city’s formal urban development planning and improve assessment of their infrastructure and civic service needs. The decision was announced by the government led by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, which has also released the list of villages covered by the proposal.
The government said the move would create a basis for systematically assessing development requirements, planning better civic facilities and strengthening coordination between the agencies responsible for urban services. It also said the process would seek to respect the identity and heritage of the villages while connecting them with Delhi’s wider development framework.
The villages will receive urban status after the relevant notification is issued. According to the government’s explanation, this will provide greater clarity on their urban classification and on the legal and administrative rules applicable to them. Development work, however, will continue to depend on the relevant plans, approvals and regulations.
The urbanisation process is being pursued under Section 507(A) of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957. The provision will allow the villages to be included in Delhi’s urban development planning, enabling authorities to assess their future requirements in a more structured manner. The process is also expected to help evaluate development possibilities in line with the draft Master Plan.
The first group of villages includes Bakoli, Hamidpur, Kulakpur, Singhola, Sungarpur Delhi, Sungarpur Shahdara, Tajpur Kalan, Rajpur Kalan, Auchandi, Mungeshpur, Shahpur Garhi, Tehri Daulatpur, Nizampur Raspidpur, Chatesar, Pur Delhi, Jagatpur Delhi, Palla, Sultanpur Majra, Pur Shahdara and Sabapur Delhi.
The second group includes Badarpur Khadar, Bakiaabad, Khanpur Khani, Jafrabad, Jagatpur Shahdara, Badarpur Majra Burari, Fatehpur Beri, Chandan Hola, Badusarai, Deorala, Ghuman Hera, Jainpur, Jhatikra, Kanganheri, Raghopur, Rawta, Shikarpur, Bijwasan, Nanak Heri, Bakargarh, Dhansa, Galibpur, Issapur, Kair, Mundela Kalan, Mundela Khurd, Surakhpur and Chak Chilla.
The announcement places the villages within a more formal urban planning framework, but it does not by itself establish a schedule for specific infrastructure projects or guarantee immediate changes in services. The next formal step is the issuance of the notification, after which the concerned authorities will have to apply the relevant planning rules, approvals and development schemes.
