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.

Addressing a press conference, Union housing and urban affairs minister Manohar Lal said the move aims to encourage residents to come forward for property registration while enabling them to undertake construction or redevelopment in accordance with municipal norms.

"Delhi has multiple authorities working simultaneously. We have taken another big step towards reducing the multiplicity of a...