All you want to know about Lal Dora areas

There was a time when we used to have small spots of villages around a central business district or a small city. When these cities started expanding, the need of municipal corporations, development authorities to undertake development and management of these expanding cities was realized and hence Lad Dora areas were formed. Meanwhile, all these small villages had their own Gram Panchayat’s which worked and decided the development of the villages.

The term Lal Dora for the first time was used in 1908 – to define the habitation (Abadi) land of a village. These lands were the extension of existing villages, which was used by the villagers for their livestock and various other living support systems. To differentiate this land from the agricultural land, the land revenue department used to tie a Red Thread (Lal Dora) around the village extension land. While this was done decades ago, even today the Lal Dora denotes that the jurisdiction of municipal authorities or the urban development is not applicable in the specified area.

As Lal Dora is exempted from building bylaws, there is no strict regulation on construction in these areas, which in some areas has led to haphazard construction. With rapid population growth and un-affordability of the urban areas, these Lal Dora areas swiftly got converted into urban villages. Some of the well-known examples in the National Capital Region (NCR) are Hauz Khas Village, Basant Gaon, Khel Gaon, Munirka and Khirki, among others. These urban villages are also host to some of the known farm houses of the rich in the NCR, including the Bijwasan Farms and West End Farms.

Of these urban villages, many are provided facilities like roads, sewerage, water and electricity by the government. There are a few which are not so blessed and due to the non-availability of such infrastructural necessities, these Lal Dora areas are generally looked at with a raised eyebrow. Due to their proximity to the urban centers as well as cheap rentals, many exporters, warehouses, godowns and even corporates started entering the Lal Dora areas.

The rapid population growth and affordability of the Lal Dora Lands in comparison to the urban residential land has generated interest among investors who have been investing in these lands aggressively over the last couple of years.

Areas such as around Kanjhawala, Chhatarpur, Najafgarh, Rangpuri and Mahipalpur have been preferred investment destinations for such investors. The cost can differ from a minimum of 100 per cent and above in comparison to urban residential land, when compared to opportunities available in these areas.

Original publication at Content.magicbricks.com by AtulayNehra