NO ILLEGAL COLONY BE REGULARIZED IN PUNJAB AFTER 2018: BRAHM MOHINDRA

Chandigarh,
The third meeting of the Cabinet Sub Committee of group of ministers today held at Punjab Bhawan under the chairmanship of Mr. Brahm Mohindra , Minister for Health and Family Welfare to finalize the draft policy of un-authorized colonies. The Group of Minister unanimously approved the draft policy. It will now going to be presented before the Punjab Cabinet for final approval. The Committee in principal decided that after 2018, no un- authorized colony in Punjab will be regularized at any cost. Other members of this committee who took part in deliberation were Mr. Navjot Singh Sidhu, Minister Local Government and Tourism & Culture affairs. Mr.Manpreet Singh Badal, Finance Minister, Mr. Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa, Minister for Rural Development & Panchayts and Mr. Charanjit Singh Channi, Technical Education Minister, Punjab.

Disclosing this Mr. Brahm Mohindra, Chairman of the Cabinet Sub Committee said that the salient features of the draft policy that has been finalized by the Group of Minister are;

Unauthorized colonies developed upto April 1, 2018 shall be regularized.

Policy shall be open for a period of 12 months from the date of notification.

The colonizers who could not apply under previous policies shall apply under this policy for regularization of their colonies.

The regularization charges earlier paid under the pervious policies if any shall be adjusted under this policy.