Hold demand survey: Chief secy to CHB

Already in choppy waters, the Sector 53 general housing scheme is mired in more uncertainty as UT chief secretary Rajeev Verma, who is also the chairman of the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB), has asked the board officers to conduct a fresh demand survey for the scheme.

- Hillary Victor

CHANDIGARH:

On Friday, CHB officers made a presentation regarding the scheme before the chief secretary, who questioned whether a demand survey had been conducted.

As the officers responded that it was last conducted in 2018, Verma asked them to conduct it afresh before giving a final presentation before UT administrator Gulab Chand Kataria.

Notably, former UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit had put the housing scheme on hold on August 3, 2023, citing there was no requirement for it.

Consequently, CHB had cancelled the ₹200-crore tenders floated on August 2 for construction of 340 flats on nine acres.

But hopes for the scheme's revival were rekindled after Kataria, in November 2024, instructed CHB to submit an updated presentation.