Website to provide info on Chandigarh’s development launched

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 10

A step to meet endeavors of the Government of India under ease of doing business and ease of living, a dedicated website https://urbanplanning.chd.gov.in of the Department of Urban Planning, Chandigarh, has been launched by Manoj Parida, Adviser to the UT Administrator.

The website has been developed by Society for Promotion of IT in Chandigarh (SPIC) with the intent to provide a single online source of information relating to the development in the city for facilitating public interface functions. It provides information relating to planning and designing of various projects, which are either ongoing or at planning stage or have already been completed.

For transparency and visibility of the government schemes and to keep residents of the city apprised of the latest projects, important notified policies and reports of the Chandigarh Master Plan-2031, Chandigarh’s Heritage and information regarding various city-level infrastructure proposals have also been uploaded on the website.

The portal shall be first of its own kind, which provides consolidated information required in online building plan approval system because all approved architectural controls, updated site verified zoning and layout plans have been uploaded on the website under distinct heads for clarity and ease of use.

The latest building byelaws applicable to various types of land use (as compiled under the Chandigarh Building Byelaws (Urban) 2017) will also be available on the website for reference of residents in general and private architects’ in particular for all relevant information on building plans.

The site also provides a list of private architects empanelled in the Chandigarh Administration under the “Self Certification Scheme”. An important link a G2G portal has also been developed within the website for client departments for seamless interface on all issues.

Links to other important websites of planning and architecture of Chandigarh such as Capitol Complex, Foundation Le Corbusier and UNESCO World Heritage have also been provided.

Mandatory information under the RTI Citizens Charter and a separate link for feedback/grievances has also been incorporated in the portal.

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