India, July 30 -- New Delhi

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has placed details of more than 5,000 vacant land parcels under its jurisdiction in the public domain, weeks after seeking citizens' inputs to identify vacant and encroached land across the Capital.

The authority has also prepared an inventory of around 4,000 green areas, which will be maintained by its horticulture department, as part of an exercise to streamline land management and improve transparency, officials said.

A senior DDA official, who did not wish to be named, said, "The information relating to vacant lands under the jurisdiction of DDA has been made available for public viewing through the official DDA portal to enhance transparency and facilitate public ac...