Panchkula to get another 2,000 houses

PANCHKULA: Haryana Urban Development Authority (Huda) is busy working on the layout of upcoming sectors 27, 28 and 30, near Pinjore to add another 2,000 houses to Panchkula. The initial status of the planned layout design states that there are 1,700 plots of 8, 10, 12, 14, 16 marlas and one kanal. Authorities are thinking of adding another 300 plots.
The new sectors will be developed over 465 acres which will be including residential, commercial and institutional sites.Huda has already taken physical possession of the land. A team including estate officer, chief town and country planning officer, architects and engineers is working on the project.
''There is a possibility of around 2,000 residential plots in various categories, initially we had planned 1,700 such plots but 300 more plots can be carved out,'' said a source.
Sources said, earlier Huda had targeted to launch the plot scheme in March but it could not materialize. A number of land pieces were under Litigation Act that caused a delay in the development plan.
Officials maintaining they are targeting the next month as deadline for the launch of the scheme. ''We are going to complete the layout design within next week, but it will take some time to examine the possibilities of commercial and institutional sites. After this we will start carving the plots and inviting applications from aspirants,'' said, R K Kataria, administartor, Huda, Panchkula.