CHB scheme at IT Park by March

Dushyant Singh Pundir

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 5

The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) is planning to launch a group housing scheme for general public at the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Information Technology Park (IT Park) by March next year.

UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore had given his consent to the project in July this year.

A senior official of the CHB said in-principle approval to the scheme was to be taken from the Board of Directors before the launch of the scheme. He said the drawings of the project were ready and after getting a go-ahead from the Plan Approval Committee, environment clearance would be obtained to launch the project. The entire process was likely to take nearly three to four months, he said, adding that a meeting of the Board was likely to be held this month.

The Board would replace the mandatory EWS flats with two-bedroom flats. The UT Advisory Council’s Standing Committee on Urban Infrastructure and Planning had already approved forgoing the construction of EWS flats at the site, he said. The official added that a survey was being conducted for the construction of flats under the EWS category at some other place. Two more towers of two-bedroom flats would be constructed in place of EWS flats at the IT Park project site, added the official.

Under the scheme, the CHB will construct nearly 750 flats of different categories, including two-bedroom and three-bedroom, in seven-storey buildings.

The Board has 123 acres in its possession at the IT Park where 20 sites will be developed. The CHB will construct nearly 750 flats at two sites, while the remaining 18 sites will be given to private builders for development. The Board has hired a private consultant so that the flats can be prepared with a better design.

The CHB will build flats on two plots, measuring 10.51 acres and 6.43 acres. The prices will be fixed after the drawings are approved. The scheme will come up close to the high-end officers’ flats to be constructed for the governments of Haryana and Punjab, and the UT Administration.