Mohali, Jan. 24 -- In a move that has brought fresh financial trouble for nearly 7,000 plot holders of the IT City scheme, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has decided to impose enhancement charges to the tune of Rs.7,845 per square yard.

Enhancement charges are the additional compensation paid to landowners for the land acquired by the authority, which is later recovered from plot allottees.

The IT City project was developed as a major technology hub in 2010-11. It is spread over nearly 1,500 acres in Sectors 66-B, 82-A, 83-A and 101-A, and has residential, commercial and industrial pots, which were sold over the years through auctions at prevailing market rates.

A letter for enhancement of recovery charges was is...