India, Nov. 8 -- Union minister for housing and urban development, Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday during a press conference announced a transit oriented development policy (TOD) along the metro corridor will be announced for Delhi within a month, and it is being given the final shape.

Khattar, at the inauguration of the 18th Urban Mobility India (UMI conference in Gurugram said that under the proposed TOD policy, high rise buildings will be allowed in areas upto 500 metres to 800 metres from the metro corridor. Khattar said that metro stations will be connected through skywalks and tunnels to buildings which have a large residential and commercial footprint in Delhi, to ease living for the citizens.

Khattar, said that the TOD policy for ...