India, April 8 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has begun conducting aerial surveys to map and identify unauthorised colonies in Delhi under an integrated framework, which aims to regularise such areas on an "as is where is" basis and grant legal status to its residents.

According to an official statement by MoHUA and the Delhi government, the MCD will now issue Certificates of Regularisation, conduct surveys of vacant plots, and facilitate civic infrastructure development across the 1,511 eligible colonies. According to officials, the MCD has already started aerial surveys and expects to complete them in the next few days.

"At least 151 unauthorised colonies have been mapped via drone surveys and satellite imagery," an offic...