A chronology of incompetence
Time chart of happenings prior to the filing of the case for relocation 1962: The first master plan is brought out. Talks of creating new industrial areas. Nothing happens.
1977: A letter from the files of a director in Union ministry of works and housing (now urban development) mentions the decision to "regularise commercial buildings in unauthorised areas.' A copy is sent to Jagmohan, the then vice-chairperson of DDA.
1979-80: DDA says in an advertisement that it is