Industrial area to come up in Mohali's Sector 101

The Greater Mohali Area Development Authority has initiated the process for development of an Industrial Area, in Sector 101 and will conduct an Environmental Impact Assessment Study and later seek environmental clearances and consent for the development of industrial area in the partially developed sector.

Officials said 321 acres of land in Sector 101 and 103 has been earmarked for industrial development primarily.

It is for the second time that tenders have been called, the last date to apply for which is August 7.

Parts of Sector 101 fall under the ambit of the Aam Aadmi Party government’s newly launched land pooling policy, wherein there are relaxations on the condition of environmental impact assessment study.

GMADA is also mulling the development of Sector 87 as a mixed-land use area, earlier marked as a commercial zone, under the land pooling policy. The development authority has initiated land acquisition of 236 acres in Sohana, Manakpur and Nanu Majra villages for this excercise.

Further expansion plans include the development of new Sectors 84, 87, 103, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 101 in the periphery and upgrades for Sectors 76, 77, 78, 79 and 80.