Mohali, Feb. 18 -- Municipal corporation deputy mayor Kuljit Singh Bedi has alleged that the Punjab government's new housing policy benefits builders instead of the public.

Bedi wrote a letter to chief minister Bhagwant Mann and housing minister Hardeep Singh Mundian urging the government to reconsider certain provisions of the policy.

One of the major points of contention is the government's recent decision to allow builders to sell 5% of land that was previously required to be reserved for economically weaker section (EWS) housing within mega townships. Instead of utilising this land for affordable housing within the same developments, the policy now allows for its sale at separate locations.

Bedi opposed this move and argued that EW...