Pawan Bansal Takes Meeting With Chandigarh Administration: Strongly Raise the Matter of Public Concern

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Chandigarh 29^th July:-- Former Railway Minister & Members of Parliament Pawan Kumar Bansal today strongly raised the matter of the villages of Maloya, Palsora, Kajheri, Dadu Majra and Hallomajra during a meeting with the officials of Chandigarh Administration, seeking suitable amendment of the Chandigarh Administration notification of 2009 regarding inclusion of these villages under Punjab New Capital (Periphery Control) Act. It was apprised that the vision for holistic planning of these villages has been articulated in the draft Chandigarh Master Plan-2031 which is in the public domain for suggestions / comments from the public. It was discussed that an appropriate solution to the issue would have to be thought of after looking into the practices evolved in other cities.

Meeting was held by K.K. Sharma, Adviser to the Administrator with Pawan K. Bansal, Hon'ble Member of Parliament to discuss issues of public concern pertaining to UT Chandigarh.  This meeting was convened in pursuance to a communication received from Ministry of Home Affairs in this regard where it was desired that the Chief Secretary/Advisers of Union Territories should hold meetings with Members of Parliament to discuss important issues pertaining to the Union Territories.

On the matter concerning provisioning of basic amenities to the residents of Deep Complex, Hallomajra it was intimated that Municipal Corporation is working on the modalities for providing water and sewerage facility to the residents. The Hon'ble MP also proposed that some more new trades need to be added to those already permissible for the owners of the EWS tenements. It was informed that the matter regarding the inclusion is already being looked into viz-a-viz similar schemes being followed in other cities.

The matters pertaining to leasehold rights to licensees of tenements, transfer of CHB dwelling units to the GPA holders, amendment of building bylaws (residential and commercial) and policy for allotment of land for places of religious worship were also taken up. The Hon'ble MP also raised the issue of regularization of daily wage employees working with the Administration/Municipal Corporation. It was informed that the Chandigarh Administration is formulating a policy on the Punjab pattern on the basis of the SC judgment in the Uma Devi case regarding regularization of daily wagers working against sanctioned posts as a one-time measure. On the issue of opening of more Fair Price Shops for hassle free distribution of PDS items it was intimated that the need for opening more Ration Shops  is being assessed..

The meeting was attended by  Anil Kumar, Home Secretary, V.K. Singh, Finance Secretary, Satya Gopal, Chairman Chandigarh  Housing Board, Vivek Pratap Singh, Municipal Commissioner, Ms. Prerna Puri, Addl. Secretary Home, S.K. Setia, Jt. Secy. (Estates) and Ms. Sumit Kaur, Chief Architect.