Industrial plots plan reviewed

The visiting official of the Union Government later also visited the site where the industrial plots were to be located. He was accompanied by officials of the Chandigarh Administration.

The scheme, which was floated by the Administration a few years ago, falls in forest area and a decision to which is pending in the Punjab and Haryana High Court at present. The scheme has been hanging fire for many years now, mainly due to objections by the Union Environment Ministry.

Sources say the Administration had earlier stated before the High Court that it will scrap the scheme. Sources say the forest area on which the site falls has also been partly encroached upon by jhuggi-dwellers of Colony No 4 in Industrial Area.

Incidentally, there are many influential persons who have applied for industrial plots under this scheme, the sources add.

Meanwhile, Shenoy would hold further discussions with officials of the Administration and Municipal Corporation tomorrow, where he would assess the other developmental schemes sponsored by the Centre for the Union Territory of Chandigarh.