New Delhi, July 5 -- Lieutenant governor Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Friday chaired a meeting of the Delhi Development Authority's (DDA) advisory council to review Delhi's long-term urban blueprint, with officials zeroing in on housing shortages, unauthorised colonies, traffic congestion, water security, and climate resilience as key challenges requiring immediate intervention. Council members flagged gaps in affordable housing, the proliferation of slum and jhuggi-jhopri clusters, redevelopment of unauthorised colonies, rising pollution levels, urban flooding, neglect of heritage structures, planned development in land pooling zones and low-density areas, and long-term water availability, officials said.htc
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