Chandigarh, May 24 -- The Finance and Contract Committee (F&CC) has proposed promoting art and cultural activities at Sector 17 Plaza during weekends to generate revenue for the fund-strapped civic body.

The F&CC meeting was held on Friday and chaired by mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla and was attended by municipal commissioner Amit Kumar, and other committee members including councillors Gurpreet Singh, Jasmanpreet Singh, Saurabh Joshi, and Suman Devi, along with senior officers of the MCC.

It was suggested that the open space could be rented out in Sector 17 to event organisers to conduct cultural programmes and exhibitions, thus transforming the plaza into a vibrant community hub while generating additional municipal revenue. Officers were...