Chandigarh Housing Board mulls regularisation of changes

Dushyant Singh Pundir

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Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 16

Occupants may get some relief as the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) is mulling regularising the violations carried out in houses.

The CHB has initiated a process to provide further relief to the allottees in need-based changes on the pattern of Delhi. Yashpal Garg, Chief Executive Officer, CHB, said they would take up the matter in the coming meeting of the Board of Directors. However, the final approval for regularising the changes would be granted by the UT Administration.

According to the CHB Residents’ Welfare Federation, nearly 90 per cent occupants have made necessary changes in their houses. “The CHB is also well aware of this, so efforts should be made to regularise these changes,” said Nirmal Datt, chairman of the federation. He said four lakh people were looking forward to the regularisation of changes in their houses. However, the CHB has already allowed some need-based changes in the dwelling units in relaxation of the Chandigarh Building Rules on February 11, 2019. The said relaxations were recommended by a committee consisting of officers of the CHB, the Chandigarh Administration and a representative of the CHB Flats Welfare Federation.

Over the years, thousands of CHB allottees had made need-based changes in their flats. However, the Administration had not regularised these changes and issued notices to the violators.

The federation said the issue could be fully sorted if the 1999 Delhi solution is adopted in Chandigarh.