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In a move to benefit about 10,000 shopkeepers, the MCD has identified 44 additional roads for notification as commercial, mixed-use and pedestrian shopping streets, bringing them outside the purview of sealing.

The officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi carried out an extensive survey as per the requirement of the Master Plan of Delhi-2021 and identified the 44 stretches in eight of the 12 zones of the corporation, MCD Standing Committee Chairman Vijender Gupta told reporters here on Tuesday.

After notification by the Delhi Government, commercial properties in these streets will come outside the purview of sealing according to the mixed use regulations of the MPD.

Gupta expressed hope that the Delhi Government will notify all these roads soon.

The civic body had earlier identified 307 stretches to be notified as commercial, mixed use or pedestrian shopping streets. The Delhi Government is yet notify them.

“The present proposal brings the total number of streets to be notified to 351,” the Standing Committee Chairman said

On streets allowing mixed land use, people can get building plans sanctioned for commercial use on ground floor after paying conversion charges and can get building plans passed for residential purposes on the first and second floors. Moreover, basements can be used for retail purposes on both mixed land use and commercial streets after payment of conversion charges for additional FAR. On non-notified stretches, basements can only be used for professional activites by lawyers, doctors, chartered accountants
etc.

On commercial roads, a person will have to get plans sanctioned for commercial purposes. A residential plot on the commercial stretch can be put to commercial use by simply paying conversion charges.