UT Puts Foot Down, Tells Furniture Traders to Vacate Land in 2 Weeks

Estate officer asserts no alternative site will be offered to shopkeepers who are encroaching land along the Sector 53/54 dividing road in city

- Hillary Victor

CHANDIGARH: In a firm move to reclaim encroached government land, the UT administration has directed shopkeepers at the Sector 53/54 furniture market to vacate the land within 15 days, asserting that no alternative site for relocation will be provided.

UT estate officer-cum-deputy commissioner of Chandigarh on Thursday issued eviction orders, stating that notices will be served within the next two to three days and the shopkeepers will be required to vacate the premises within two weeks.

Established in 1985, the unauthorized furniture market, comprising 116 shops, is illegally occupying approximately 15 acres of agricultural land in Sectors 53 and 54.