The Delhi Development Authority will be removing slum clusters on a priority basis in the coming financial year and would rehabilitate the dwellers in houses made for economically weaker sections (EWS) of society. To this end, the Authority in its budget presented on Friday also stated that it would take up construction of 17,950 EWS flats in 2006-07 while another 3,500 such flats are expected to be constructed under the public-private participation scheme at Tehkhand. Stating that this scheme would help in taking up of development works on a large scale, DDA Vice-Chairman Dinesh Rai said alternative accommodation would be provided to those displaced. It was also pointed out that all EWS flats would have an area of 25 square metres and cost around Rs. 2 lakhs each.