Making Chandigarh slum-free; policy for elderly’s safety discussed at AAC meeting

In the meeting, assorted inputs were fixed regarding the start-up policy, skilling- and industry-related issues to boost investment, employment, and entrepreneurship.

The members besides gave suggestions for making Chandigarh ‘slum free’, ‘beggar free’ and the request to person a broad argumentation for the otherwise abled and besides the aged colonisation residing successful the city.

Federation of Sector Welfare Association of Chandigarh (FOSWAC) Chairman Baljinder Singh Bittu raised concerns implicit encroachment and the increasing fig of beggars successful the city. He mentioned that astir pedestrian paths person been encroached upon. Some suggestions to heighten nationalist safety, precocious postulation absorption systems and robust cybercrime prevention measures were besides given.

Further, the issues of need-based changes successful the dwelling units of CHB, summation successful level country ratio (FAR), revision of gathering bye laws, conversion of smaller concern plots etc. to accommodate the ever-emerging needs of the residents of the metropolis were besides raised. It was besides discussed that the city’s improvement should beryllium aligned with the changing dynamics and requirements of its citizens.

Further, a fig of utile suggestions were besides fixed regarding processing Chandigarh arsenic a hub for education, sports, and aesculapian tourism.

Various initiatives regarding expanding the city’s greenish screen done accrued histrion plantation and improvement of much greenish spaces were besides discussed.

Addressing the council, Kataria stated that “we request to marque corporate efforts to alteration Chandigarh into a modern city, mounting a benchmark for municipality development, sustainability and citizen-centric governance”.

The head besides emphasised the request for moving unneurotic for a broad roadmap for Chandigarh’s maturation with absorption connected assemblage information successful starring the city’s translation by adopting innovative argumentation solutions.

Rajeev Verma, Chief Secretary, UT Chandigarh stated that the “AAC is simply a level for discussing argumentation issues and initiatives to heighten administrative ratio to accelerate the advancement of the city”.

Sanctity of practice committee raised

Chandigarh Pradesh Congress President H S Lucky raised concerns implicit the relation of the practice committee during a meeting. This contented was raised successful the backdrop of the query addressed by the Centre implicit the UT not being a practice city.

The Centre had connected Monday said that Chandigarh has not been designated arsenic a World Heritage City aft Congress Member of Parliament Manish Tewari raised a query successful Parliament implicit the city’s status.

In the Advisory assembly meeting, Lucky asserted that the committee’s purview should beryllium confined to the Capitol Complex; however, it has progressively go an impediment to resolving assorted issues affecting Chandigarh.

Lucky further stated that the existent creation of the committee often obstructs matters of nationalist interest, underscoring the request for broader practice to guarantee a much inclusive decision-making process.

Addressing cardinal civic concerns, helium urged the head to expedite the solution of the city’s long-pending issues. He specifically demanded the regularisation of structures extracurricular Lal Dora, arguing that with the integration of villages into the municipal corporation, the precise conception of Lal Dora has go obsolete. Lucky powerfully advocated for onshore pooling arsenic the lone viable solution to the challenges posed by unplanned development, emphasising that specified an attack would not lone curb haphazard maturation but besides service arsenic a mutually beneficial statement for each stakeholders.

Expansion of parking facilities successful markets

Certain members successful the gathering raised the request of enlargement of parking facilities successful the metropolis markets.
It was specified that portion Sector 17 has been a focal point, different markets crossed Chandigarh besides necessitate enhanced parking facilities to code the increasing demand.

“To destruct the problem, multi-level parking structures tin beryllium constructed. Dedicated aboveground parking areas tin besides beryllium developed to cater to section needs. Also, the constitution of underground parking facilities beneath existing parking zones adjacent to roadways tin besides beryllium considered. These solutions volition assistance streamline traffic, trim congestion, and guarantee convenient entree to marketplace areas for visitors and traders alike,” Kamaljit Singh Panchhi said.

Traders raised the contented regarding 40 booths nether caller span In Sector 17-A and 17-B market. They specified that these booths person remained vacant since 2013, starring to a important nonaccomplishment of gross amounting to crores of rupees. These booths person neither been auctioned nor rented retired owed to 1 cardinal contented that they are presently connected a leasehold ground with excessively precocious collector rates.

It was suggested that auctioning these booths connected a freehold ground astatine tenable rates should beryllium considered to pull much buyers.

Addition of different level to single-storey bay shops

The contented of summation of different level to single-storey bay shops and booths was besides raised successful the meeting.
It was specified that the existent infrastructure markets successful Chandigarh has a precise constricted scope for concern expansion, which is precise important arsenic of present to accommodate the increasing colonisation and to code this issue, it is projected that an further level beryllium allowed to beryllium constructed connected the single-storey bay shops and booths successful the city, which volition beryllium designated chiefly for retention purposes.

Traders said that this inaugural would supply much-needed alleviation to tiny traders by offering further abstraction without the request for encroachment. Currently, tiny shops measuring 8 feet x 16 feet often encroach upon verandas and corridors owed to insufficient space. Allowing a first-floor summation volition destruct this occupation portion maintaining orderly marketplace operations.

Farmers’ long-pending demands, h2o issues

Chandigarh Mayor Harpreet Kaur Babla urged the UT head to instrumentality contiguous enactment connected the pressing issues faced by the residents and farmers of villages successful Chandigarh.

During the AAC meeting, the politician highlighted the urgent request for regular h2o connections for residents surviving extracurricular Lal Dora successful 24 villages of Chandigarh. These residents are presently babelike connected costly h2o tankers, contempt having been provided energy connections.

She urged the Chandigarh Administration to nonstop the municipal corp (MC) to amend the h2o bye laws to facilitate ineligible h2o connections.

Additionally, Babla powerfully advocated for the implementation of a onshore pooling argumentation connected the lines of Punjab and Haryana for Chandigarh villages. The proposal, which was unanimously passed by the MC House successful 2022, aims to make astir 2,900-3,000 acres of onshore done a structured and ineligible mechanism. This argumentation volition not lone curb amerciable encroachments but besides supply a win-win solution for some farmers and the medication — ensuring planned municipality improvement portion securing landowners’ interests, she said.