17112023-CT-01.qxd 17-11-2023 00:25 Page 1 c m y b Chandigarh tribune PGI TO SPEND ~3.48 CR ON RESTORATION WORK 2 ARRESTED FOR THEFTS IN CITY, VEHICLES RECOVERED GUNTAS WINS PUNJAB OPEN C’SHIP 2ND TIME IN ROW A raging fire had caused massive damage to C Block of PGI's Nehru Hospital a month ago. P3 Two vehicles and four laptops stolen from cars parked in busy markets recovered. P3 Guntas Sandhu cards a second twounder-par 70 to successfully defend her championship title. P3 » » AIR QUALITY INDEX CHANDIGARH 156 PANCHKULA 97 MOHALI 172 401-500 301-400 201-300 101-200 51-100 0-50 SEVERE VERY POOR POOR MODERATE SATISFACTORY GOOD INBRIEF MOBILE PHONE, PURSE SNATCHED Chandigarh: Two persons snatched a mobile and a purse from a man at Kajheri village. Naveen Kumar, who is a security guard at the Civil Dispensary in Sector 52, reported two persons snatched his mobile and purse containing Rs 1,000 and documents near the bus stop at Kajheri village. TNS 2 ARRESTED ON CHEATING CHARGE Chandigarh: Two persons have been arrested on a charge of cheating. According to the police, Narender Singh, a reader with a court, reported that Bal Krishan (45) of Ambala and Nitin (27) of Sector 25 here tried to furnish surety bond on behalf of Kapil with the intention to commit fraud. Kapil is an accused in a case registered at the Sector 34 police station. TNS Dushyant Singh Pundir Tribune News Service Chandigarh, November 16 The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has again failed to find buyers for its 88 leasehold commercial properties put up for auction. On October 19, the CHB invited e-bids for the sale of 28 residential units on a freehold basis and 88 commercial properties on a leasehold basis. The bids were opened today and the board could sell only three residential units. The three units fetched Rs 80.12 lakh against the total reserve price of Rs 79.12 lakh. An EWS flat in Sector 38West was auctioned for Rs 27.41 lakh against the reserve price of Rs 27.08 lakh, while category IV flat at Indira Colony at Mani Majra was sold for Rs 26.50 lakh against the reserve price of Rs 26.01 lakh. Similarly, another flat at Indira Colony went for Rs 26.21 lakh against the reserve price of Rs 26.01 lakh. During the previous auction held on July 5, the CHB managed to sell eight residential units on freehold basis, but there were no takers for 88 commercial units on a leasehold basis. The CHB had ~80.12 LAKH IN BOARD KITTY The three units fetched ~80.12 lakh against the total reserve price of ~79.12 lakh. An EWS flat in Sector 38- West was auctioned for ~27.41 lakh against the reserve price of ~27.08 lakh, while category IV flat at Indira Colony at Mani Majra was sold for ~26.50 lakh against the reserve price of ~26.01 lakh. Similarly, another flat at Indira Colony went for ~26.21 lakh against the reserve price of ~26.01 lakh. earned a revenue of Rs 7.87 crore against the total reserve price of Rs 7.16 crore from the sale of the eight residential units on a freehold basis. The CHB had managed to sell two out of 35 residential units on a freehold basis and did not receive even a single bid for 88 commercial properties on a leasehold basis on May 31. The two units fetched Rs 1.26 crore against the total reserve price of Rs 1.23 crore. During the auction held on April 25, the CHB had man- aged to sell only four of 38 residential units on a freehold basis and two of 90 commercial units on a leasehold basis. The four freehold residential units had fetched Rs 3.16 crore against the total reserve price of Rs 3.06 crore. Similarly, the CHB had earned a revenue of Rs 68 lakh with the sale of two commercial units on a leasehold basis against the reserve price of Rs 63.86 lakh. In total, the board had earned Rs 3.84 crore from the sale of six c m y b units, against the reserve price of Rs 3.70 crore. In the March 7 auction, the CHB had sold only eight of 44 residential units on a freehold basis and two of 92 commercial units on a leasehold basis despite reducing the reserve prices of commercial units by 10 per cent. The eight freehold residential units had fetched Rs 4.26 crore against the total reserve price of Rs 4.11 crore. Similarly, the CHB had earned a revenue of Rs 93.02 lakh with the sale of two commercial units against the reserve price of Rs 86 lakh. In total, the board had earned Rs 5.19 crore from the sale of 10 units against the reserve price of Rs 4.97 crore. In another auction held in February, the CHB had disposed of only nine units, out of 140 commercial and residential units put up for auction. In January, seven residential and two commercial units could be sold. From April 2021 to December 2022, the board had sold 275 units, including 200 residential and 10 commercial on a freehold basis, and 16 residential and 49 commercial units on a leasehold basis, netting Rs 185.33 crore. MAX 28°C | MIN 13°C YESTERDAY MAX 29.2°C | MIN 12°C SUNRISE SATURDAY 6.49 AM TWITTER/THETRIBUNECHD No takers for 88 leasehold commercial unitsfind buyers in e-auction of CHB Of 28 residential properties, only three PARTLY CLOUDY SUNSET FRIDAY 5.26 PM » FRIDAY | 17 NOVEMBER 2023 | CHANDIGARH FORECAST FACEBOOK/CHANDIGARHTRIBUNE Purohit approves acquisition of land through negotiation SHORTER ROUTE TO AIRPORT Tribune News Service Chandigarh, November 16 In a significant development, UT Administrator Banwarilal Purohit has approved the acquisition of land for the alternative route to the international airport in Mohali, through the Negotiation Policy issued by the Chandigarh Administration in 2018. An official spokesperson said land measuring a total of 34.61 acres would be acquired which includes 11.88 acres of revenue estate Burail and 22.73 acres of revenue estate Char Taraf Burail. Further, 3.76 UT TO SPEND ABOUT ~115 CRORE ■ The UT Administration will spend nearly ~115 crore on land acquisition ■ The acquisition of land through the Negotiation Policy is less time-intensive ■ Compensation is given on a par with the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. ■ Owners will also be given the benefit of waiver in stamp duty, registration fees on purchase of land/building in Chandigarh with the compensation amount, within a period of two years from the date of payment. acres will be got transferred from the Ministry of Defence in both revenue estates. The acquisition of land through the Negotiation Policy is less time-intensive and the compensation of land which is given to the land owners is on a par with the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013. The land owners will also be given a benefit of waiver in stamp duty, registration fees on purchase of land/building raised in Chandigarh from the compensation amount, continued on page 3 Pleas in HC, UT reconsiders EV policy Saurabh Malik Tribune News Service Chandigarh, November 16 Nearly eight months after Chandigarh’s Electric Vehicle Policy came under the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s scanner, a Division Bench was told that the UT Administration was reconsidering the policy under challenge. As a bunch of petitions on the issue came up for a resumed hearing before a Division Bench, applications were filed seeking withdrawal of the same on the ground that the respondent-administration was reconsidering the policy under challenge. “Keeping in view the above, since the Administration is reconsidering the policy under challenge, we are of the considered opinion that viable grounds are made out to allow the applications. Accordingly, applications are allowed…,” the Bench of Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Lapita Banerji observed in two of the matters. The petitioners were represented, continued on page 3