Land
is scarce in a growing megapolis like Delhi. It has been a matter of great concern
that the University has very little land available for future expansion and development.
The University administration took up this matter actively with the Delhi Development
Authority through the then Vice Chairman, Mr Anil Baijal. These efforts bore fruit.
The DDA granted the University 17 acres of land adjacent to a plot that the University
owns already near Bawana. This land is kept as a reserve for the future development
of the University, possibly for a West Campus.
Illegal occupation of land
is very much a part of the urban reality. The University of Delhi had its own
share of the problem. In 2000, there was almost 7 acres of University land opposite
Khalsa College, near Rieds Lines and in Dhaka under illegal occupation. The University
administration with the active cooperation of the Government of Delhi, particularly
with the help of the then Lieutenant Governor as well as the Chief Minister had
all these lands vacated and made available for the development of the University.
The University, on its part, compensated the displaced families for their resettlement.
The University, through its Department of Education, even arranged to provide
resources for a bus service to bring the children of the displaced families from
their resettlement colonies to their school till the completion of the academic
session.
