CHB to conduct survey of land in Sec 54, 55

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 27

The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) will soon conduct a survey of the vacant land in Sectors 54 and 55.

An official said the UT Administration had allotted nearly 30 acres of land to the CHB around 10 years ago in Sector 54 for the launch of a general housing scheme. However, the board could not take the possession of the land as part of the land had been illegally occupied by people.

He said the board would now hire an agency to get a survey done of nearly 110 acres of vacant land in Sectors 54 and 55 so that it could take possession of the land at the earliest.

The official said the board had several times requested the Estate Office to get the encroachment removed from the land in Sector 54, but the department concerned had failed to launch any anti-encroachment drive there. Now, the board had decided to get the survey done in both sectors so that it could take the possession of the vacant land at the earliest.

Earlier, the board had conducted a survey of the land in Sector 54 and found that illegal structures had increased there. If action was not taken at the earliest, it would be difficult for the Administration to remove the encroachment from the area, he said.

Though the Estate Office had offered the board to take the possession of the land in Sector 54 several times, the latter argued that encroachment should be removed first, he said.