Delhi’s Master Plan and the voice of civil society – A missed opportunity

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Delhi is no stranger to urbanization and expansion. Informal settlements have sprung seamlessly across this mega city. According to the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (DUSIB), Delhi has 675 slums where more than two million people lived in 2021. Other estimates suggest that one third of Delhi’s 43 million residents live across the unplanned informal settlements and 1700-odd unauthorized colonies (UACs). Migration added 283,000 people to Delhi’s population in 2021, more than …