New Delhi : The much-awaited draw for the DDA Housing Scheme 2014 has been reportedly pushed back to Wednesday (November 12) as the authority as still receiving corrections from the banks.

DDA vice chairman Balvinder Kumar is said to have told a leading daily that the draw is likely to be held on November 12.

The draw was earlier fixed for November 5, but was postponed to November 10 due to the delay in processing of the applications.

Reports said Monday that the DDA conducted a mock trial draw of about 5 lakh forms.

"Initially, the data was taking more time for the draw and now it is being reduced to a minimum possible," a leading news daily quoted a spokesperson of DDA as saying.

The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has received over 10 lakh applications for the flagship 'Housing Scheme 2014' and was to conduct a dry run on Monday to check its preparedness for the much-awaited draw of lots.

Of the 10 lakh applications, about 5 lakh forms were said to have been used in the mock draw conducted today.

The tentative date for holding the draw of the lots for the new scheme was November 10, but a senior official of the housing authority on Sunday said that the exact date would be decided based on the outcome of Monday's trial.

DDA will continue the dry run test on Tuesday.

The authority for the first time has also planned to webcast the entire event live on YouTube, and so the run serves as a means to test everything in working conditions so as to avoid any glitches later on.

The webcast would be available for "unlimited" number of online users through the YouTube channel.

The scheme, which was launched on September 1 had seen a massive response both online and offline, leading to DDA's website getting crashed within few hours on the opening day itself.

The last date for the scheme was October 9 but the date was extended till October 15 later. Till then 7.5 lakh applications were received. The number rose to 8.5 lakh a few days later as applications from far-flung bank branches reached the DDA headquarters here late.

The housing scheme offers over 25,000 flats across various categories, ranging from Rs 7 lakh to Rs 1.2 crore.

(PTI)