New Delhi, April 8 -- The Centre and Delhi government on Tuesday announced that buildings in 1,511 unregularised colonies in Delhi will be given legal sanctity on an "as is, where is" basis without the need for approved layout plans, seeking to accelerate steps to give residents of such agglomerations ownership rights under a scheme announced in 2019. Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal Khattar said, "We have taken another big step towards reducing the multiplicity of authorities in Delhi by handing over all unauthorised colonies from DDA to the state government, which will regularise all of these." Residents will no longer be required to submit a layout plan of the area to get their property registered. They can instead su...