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Chandigarh: Trees, underground wires mar vacant plot auction in Sector 19

Chandigarh, Aug. 22 -- The Chandigarh Estate Office has put 14 vacant residential plots across various sectors of the city up for e-auction. However, five of these sites have run into complications. ... Read More


Chandigarh accelerates shift of Marble Market to Sector 56

Chandigarh, Aug. 20 -- Moving ahead with the long-awaited relocation of the Marble Market from Dhanas to the upcoming Bulk Material Market in Sector 56 (West), the UT administration has hired a consul... Read More


Chandigarh: Suspense over, CHB to launch Sec 53 housing scheme in Sept

Chandigarh, Aug. 18 -- After years of delays and uncertainty, despite a demand survey earlier this year, the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) is finally set to launch its long-pending General Housing Sc... Read More


CHB to reboot housing scheme in IT Park, but with low-rise buildings

Chandigarh, Aug. 17 -- Nearly three years after the Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) denied clearance for a housing scheme at the Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park, the Chandigar... Read More


Chandigarh administration has not formulated any land pooling policy: Centre

Chandigarh, Aug. 13 -- Minister of state (MoS) for home affairs Nityanand Rai has clarified that the Chandigarh administration has neither formulated a land pooling policy nor is it considering it. Th... Read More


Chandigarh admn earmarks land for women police station, IB, NIA offices

Chandigarh, Aug. 12 -- In a move to strengthen the city's security apparatus, the UT administration has earmarked 1.11 acres in Sector 52 for a dedicated women's police station. At present, the stati... Read More


Financial lapses pile up under Chandigarh Housing Board's roof: RTI

Chandigarh, Aug. 11 -- Having rolled out no new housing projects for nearly a decade, the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has also failed to ensure proper handling of public funds, as revealed by docum... Read More


Chandigarh: City Beautiful's 1st green corridor project scrapped after heritage panel's objection

Chandigarh, Aug. 9 -- Two years after initiating work on the much-touted non-motorised transport (NMT) green corridor and felling around 200 trees for its construction, the UT administration has scrap... Read More


Only 5% vehicles bought in Chandigarh in past 3 years are electric

Chandigarh, Aug. 4 -- Incentives ranging from Rs.3,000 to Rs.2 lakh, along with zero registration fees and no road tax - all sops under UT's ambitious Electric Vehicle Policy, rolled out in 2022 - hav... Read More