Mohali, Jan. 10 -- The Mohali municipal corporation (MC) has resolved to seek at least Rs.1,000 crore from the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) for the development of newly added areas before formally taking over their records, citing the acute lack of basic civic amenities in these localities.

The Punjab government had recently expanded the Mohali MC limits, bringing under its jurisdiction fast-developing areas such as Aerocity, IT City, Sectors 81, 82, and several villages, which were previously under the GMADA. Residents of these areas will be voting in the upcoming civic body elections for the first time.

In the general house meeting, chaired by mayor Amarjit Singh Sidhu on Friday, a resolution was passed to seek fu...