People in Delhi will be able to get their properties that have been booked for action "regularised" by getting building sanction plans passed and "illegal constructions removed", Mayor Shelly Oberoi said, after the MCD House on Monday cleared a proposal on booked properties. The move comes months ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. Lakhs of people will benefit from this decision and "corruption in installing electricity metres" at such properties will be stopped, Oberoi said at a press conference. An official later said "booking" refers to a property getting "booked for action" and, if an alteration or addition to an existing building is found violative of the approved building plan, the "illegal part" is marked for demolition. Leader of Opposition Raja Iqbal Singh also held a press conference after the proceedings were adjourned and alleged that the AAP "is opening new avenues" by bringing the Delhi Jal Board and the Power department along with the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) for a work that will "promote corruption". The AAP-led MCD should crack down on the Building department so that illegal constructions stop but they have started finding "new dimensions of corruption", he claimed. An amnesty scheme for property taxpayers should be "introduced immediately", Singh said and alleged that traders are getting "troubled due to fines in the name of advertisement boards".

A Diplomate National Board (DNB) course at the medical college attached to the Hindu Rao Hospital and the extension of a contract for toll tax collection and Environment Compensation Charges were among the proposals approved by the House on Monday, amid protests by BJP members over a recent fire in Alipur. The mayor's office in a statement said that the AAP dispensation in the MCD has taken a "big decision". After adjourning the House for the day, Oberoi addressed reporters on the proposals passed. "There is a big problem in Delhi which is whenever there is renovation or alteration in any property in a colony or any new building is being constructed, then those properties are booked by the MCD," she said. Oberoi said the proposal was made "based on a court case 'Preeti vs MCD 2007'. "People will be able to get their booked property regularised by getting the building sanction plan passed and illegal constructions removed. Lakhs of people will benefit from this decision. Corruption in installing electricity metres on (such) properties, and (any) illegal construction will be stopped. The officers will have to do this work of the people with transparency and within the stipulated time limit," the statement quoted her as saying.