Punjab Cabinet gives nod to stilt-plus-four floors in urban areas

Punjab Cabinet has today approved the construction of stilt-plus-four floors in all new constructions coming up in urban areas, in the newly launched sectors.

Those having minimum 250 square yards of plot can go in for stilt-plus-four floors of construction, with the approval of Punjab Unified Building Rules, 2025, by the Council of Minister Bhagwant Mann in the Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today. This will be allowed only in the licenced colonies and sectors.

Under the rules, quite similar to what has been approved by the neighbouring state of Haryana, the permissible height of residential buildings has been increased from 17 metres to 21 metres. Chief Minister Mann said that this has been done to ease the pressure of housing in big cities. “We have also given a go ahead for deemed approval of building plans, for houses up to 250 square yards,” he said, adding that additional ground coverage has also been allowed.

It has also been decided that none of the private persons running drug rehabilitation centres will be allowed to run more than 5 centres. Presently, some of these people were running over 20 centres.

Other than this, the Cabinet has given its nod for making a new sub tehsil in Ludhiana North, which will have four patwar sectors, one Kanungo sector and seven villages.

The Cabinet has also given its nod to make Barnala into a municipal corporation from a municipal council city. “The way the city had expanded, industry developed and GST generated, we have decided to make Barnala into a corporation. This will be the 14th corporation in the state,” said CM Mann.