Chandigarh, Sept. 1 -- After nearly a decade of inactivity, the Chandigarh Housing Board is back at the drawing board, sleeves rolled up and bracing for a busy few months.

With work already afoot to launch the long-pending General Housing Scheme in Sector 53 in the third week of September, the board is now preparing to roll out a major housing project in Sector 54.

Going even bigger than the Sector 53 scheme, featuring 492 flats, CHB is planning to build 1,000 flats in Sector 54, spread over 32 acres, reclaimed by clearing the illegal furniture market and Adarsh Colony in June and July.

According to the proposal, the scheme will include ground+5 and stilt+5 storey buildings.

Officials said the layout plan for the Sector 54 project had...