New Delhi, Sept. 9 -- Despite a baseline report prepared for Delhi's new master plan flagging a massive gap in rental housing and specifically calling for newer forms of accommodation such as hostels, dormitories, student housing and paying guest (PG) facilities, the final Master Plan for Delhi-2047 barely addresses PG accommodation.

The omission is particularly stark after Sunday's deadly building collapse in Satya Niketan, which has brought renewed scrutiny on the mushrooming PG sector and the limited enforcement of regulations governing buildings housing large numbers of students and young professionals.

The Master Plan for Delhi-2047 (MPD-2047) largely deals with PGs by restricting their operation in "A" and "B" category colonies. F...