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Delhi revenue districts restructuring: If you live in Delhi, this news may change your address and the way you work in government. The Revenue Department of Delhi Government is preparing to completely change the administrative map of the capital. It has now been proposed to remove the old system that has been in place for years and create a new and streamlined structure.

Currently there are 11 Revenue Districts in Delhi, but if the proposal is passed it will increase to 13. This will have a direct impact on works like your Aadhar Card, Caste Certificate, Property Registration and Ration Card.

Why is there a need for change?

To be honest, the current system of Delhi is very confusing. What happens is that your house falls in some other MCD zone, but the office of the DM or SDM is in a different district.

For example, many areas of Najafgarh are geographically remote, but on paper fall in the ‘New Delhi’ revenue district. People are worried about where to complain? In the west or south-west? To end this confusion, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had ordered on August 30 that the system be improved. Now the government wants to set the revenue districts according to the 12 zones (wards) of MCD, so that you know that all your work will be done within the same limits.

What can change?

According to the new proposal, there is talk of creating 9 new districts and many old ones will be removed or changed. Here are some of the big changes that could happen:

1. Entry of new districts: Now districts can be named after MCD zones only, like Rohini, Narela, Keshavpuram, Civil Lines and Karol Bagh.
2. New Delhi will be smaller: ‘New Delhi’ district comprising of VVIP areas currently has three parts – Cantonment, Vasant Vihar and Chanakyapuri. It is proposed that ‘Vasant Vihar’ should be removed and put in Najafgarh district. That means New Delhi will now be mainly limited to Lutyens Zone and Cantonment.
3. Relief to congested districts: The North-East and Eastern districts, which are densely populated, could perhaps be eliminated and divided into ‘Shahdara North’ and ‘Shahdara South’.
4. What will happen to the south-east: Areas like Defense Colony, Kalkaji and Badarpur, which are currently in the south-east, can be merged into the ‘Central District’.

What is the intention of the government?

This entire exercise has only one objective – “to divide the old and heavy districts into smaller pieces.” This will reduce the workload on officers and public complaints will be resolved quickly.

The official said that right now it is just a ‘proposal’. The government will examine this new map, see how appropriate it is to implement and whether it will really benefit the common man. This new map of Delhi will be implemented only after taking everyone’s opinion and after getting the final approval from the government. Till then, it is important to understand that the government’s focus now is on resolving the boundary issue.