Chandigarh, March 20 -- Even though the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) received a promising response to its Sector 53 housing scheme, chief executive officer (CEO) Ajay Chagti has now written to the engineering department to reduce the number of flats under the economically weaker section (EWS) category.

During the 10-day demand survey, which began on February 22 and concluded on March 3, a total of 7,468 applications were received against 372 flats across three categories. For three-bedroom HIG units, 5,081 applications were submitted for 192 flats, while two-bedroom MIG units received 1,269 applications for 100 flats. The EWS category saw 1,118 applications for 80 flats.

A senior officer of the CHB stated that the launch of the housin...