CHB plans fresh survey of building violations

CHANDIGARH: The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) is planning to conduct fresh survey to check violations amidst the ongoing protests by flat residents against CHB sending them notices.
As the data prepared by the CHB was compiled a few years ago, the board is planning to constitute different teams to prepare a fresh report on violations.
Recently, to safeguard innocent buyers, the board had decided to give both sellers and purchasers the option of filing a joint application for flat inspection by the CHB for a certificate stating that the unit is free of building violations at that point of time. For the physical survey to begin, the house owner will have to submit an application fee of Rs 5,000.
The UT administrator V P Singh Badnore had already put a stay on actions against additional constructions, alterations and other violations till September 30. He had also decided to extend deadline of allowing need-based changes, which had ended on December 31, 2018, to December 31, 2020.
Recently, the CHB had issued demolition orders to 647 allottees of Sector 41 over building violations. Over the years, residents of 50,000 CHB flats have made need-based changes in their flats. However, UT administration had not regularised these changes and had issued notices to most of the allottees, who are demanding regularisation of need-based changes.