Chandigarh, Jan. 29 -- The auction of plots in the newly developed Sector 56 Bulk Market will commence in the first week of April, aimed at relocating the long-pending marble market from Dhanas. Any trader will be eligible to participate in the auction. In addition to marble traders, furniture dealers displaced from Sector 54 will be eligible to bid for plots and booths in the new market.

Spread over 44 acres, the Bulk Market is being developed at a cost of Rs.20 crore. The project features 191 one-kanal plots and 48 booth sites. Allottees will be allowed to construct a basement and three floors on the one-kanal sites.

UT estate officer-cum-deputy commissioner of Chandigarh, Nishant Kumar Yadav, said: "We will begin the auction in the f...