new delhi realty major dlfs sales bookings will cross rs 3000 crore this fiscal helped by better sales during this quarter in its two housing projects at gurgaon a senior company official said indias largest realty firm had earlier given the guidance that sales bookings would be in the range of rs 30003500 crore in the current 201415 financial year as against rs 4070 crore achieved during last fiscal we have done a sales bookings of about rs 1900 crore in the first nine months of this fiscal in the first six weeks of this quarter we have already sold properties worth rs 800 crore primarily in crest and camellias at gurgaon so we should cross rs 3000 crore comfortably by march end dlf chief financial officer cfo ashok tyagi told pti he said the sales booking would be on the lower end of the guidance but the figures could be higher if the company decides to launch a new project at gurgaon dlf privana where it would be developing about 500 premium independent floors with a saleable area of one million sq ft we launch projects when the market conditions are right and not to improve the quarterly sales booking numbers tyagi observed the dlf cfo noted that sales have been slow during this fiscal and therefore the company is looking for private equity funding at project level to boost cashflow the company plans to divest around 50 per cent stake each in four new housing projects to private equity firms for over rs 3000 crore on the sales outlook he said the sales volume in most geographies should continue at a moderate pace tyagi said the companys expenditure on construction of projects is likely to be about rs 2700 crore this fiscal asked about the timeline for launch of noida mall he said the mall should be operational during the first quarter of next fiscal we are expecting an annual rental income of over rs 200 crore from the noida mall he added dlf mall of india with 2 million sq ft of leasable area is being developed in noida in the national capital region at an investment of rs 1100 crore and touted as one of the biggest in the country earlier this month dlf had reported 9 per cent decline in consolidated net profit at rs 13179 crore for the quarter ended december against rs 14529 crore in the yearago period income from operations fell 5 per cent to rs 195672 crore for the third quarter of this fiscal from rs 205842 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year dlf has a land bank of about 295 million square feet of which 50 million square feet is under development