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6.1 Inferences from literature study

2.6 Requirement of Community Centers

As per the Delhi Development Authority(DDA) byelaws, the requirement of community centers is as follows:

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Figure 11: Requirement of community centers; Source: Masterplan Delhi

2.7 Case of East Delhi

As per the 2011 census of India, east and northeast Delhi marks the highest population density, however, despite the high population statistics, the region lacks the required number of community centers as specified in the Delhi Byelaws.

Figure 12: Population density of Delhi; Source: Springer Nature journal 2019,Assessment of public open spaces (POS) and landscape quality based on per capita POS index in Delhi, India

• Area of East Delhi: 64 sq km • Population of East Delhi: 1,709,346 (2011 census) • The estimated projected population of East Delhi by 2041: 28,00,000 • Total no. of presently available Community Centers in East Delhi: 13

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