CHANDIGARH: A five-member sub-committee of
Punjab council of ministers has been constituted to finalise the legislation and policy for regularisation of unauthorised colonies in order to pave way for provision of basic amenities to residents of these areas.
There are over 8,000 unauthorised housing colonies in the state and without basic facilities like regular power connections, owners of residential plots are unable to sell these even when they are in dire need of funds. Apart from finalising the legislation and the policy, the sub-committee will also fix composition fee rates for regularisation of unauthorised residential colonies falling under various categories.
The decision to constitute a sub-committee was taken at a meeting of the Punjab cabinet chaired by chief minister
Amarinder Singh on Wednesday. "In the last meeting of the cabinet held on December 20, the issue was deferred. According to the proposal, individual plots will be regularised only after the illegal colony is regularised. Earlier, the previous SAD-BJP government had allowed individual plot owners to get their property regularised," said an official.
The sub-committee headed by health minister
Brahm Mohindra with finance minister
Manpreet Singh Badal, local bodies minister
Navjot Singh Sidhu, technical education minister Charanjit Singh Channi and rural development minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa as its members, will submit its report in 30 days.
According to government spokesperson, unplanned areas would be brought within the planning framework with the proposed legislation, facilitating basic amenities for residents of these colonies. Promoters of those unauthorised colonies that were constructed before April 1, 2013, and where 65% area had been built could apply for regularisation.
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