UT to make Draft Master Plan 2031 public in order to invite feedback

The aim behind the move is to bring it in the public domain so that more residents of the city can go through it and suggest changes or file objections.

The officials are mulling that the email addresses of the prominent officials such as the Chief Architect,other officials of the Department of Urban Planing etc will be given so as to send inputs via email.

Significantly,the Draft Master Plan 2031 has been submitted by the Chief Architect to the Advisor to the UT Administrator recently. As per sources,all but two members of the Master Plan committee have signed the copy.

UT Advisor K K Sharma said that The draft will be notified through gazette and public notices in newspapers after considering the suggestions,objections etc.

Interestingly,the idea of coming up with a draft master plan came about on the directions of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and a Master Plan committee was set up under the UT chief architect Sumit Kaur to prepare a vision document for 2031.

Admn seeks time from HC

The Chandigarh Administration on Monday sought time from the Punjab and Haryana High Court to place on record the master plan after dealing with objections and public suggestions. Also,the court was informed that the central government,Ministry of Urban Development has proposed the constituting of a regional committee which will comprise of Chief Secretaries of Punjab and Haryana. The third member will be Advisor to UT Administrator,Chandigarh. This was during the resumed hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) concerning finalisation of master plan of Chandigarh. The case will now come up for hearing in July.