Mohali, July 15 -- After a four-year delay, the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) has finally allotted 1 acre land in Sector 79 to the department of social security, women and child development, Punjab, for the construction of a working women's hostel.

Originally proposed in 2020, the project aims to offer safe and affordable accommodation to women arriving in Mohali and Chandigarh in search of employment opportunities. Though the land was earmarked earlier, the formal allotment has been made only now.

The hostel will have 100 rooms and will be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs.12.57 crore. The project is being funded under the Nirbhaya Fund of the ministry of women and child development, with the public works depar...