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After 15 yrs, UT employees’ hope for houses revive
The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) will take up the issue in the board meeting scheduled for the second week of December. The decision would be conveyed to the UT administrator, Banwarilal Purohit, who will make the final decision. In 2008, the CHB proposed a special housing scheme exclusively for UT employees.
Central Hawke’s Bay mayor’s proud moment as district opts for Māori wards Central Hawke’s Bay District Council has voted in favour of introducing Māori wards at the next Local Elections in 2025. The decision was made at a meeting on Wednesday, and sees all six councils from Wairoa to Tararua now having decided to include Makaori wards. Napier decided last year but, like CHB, has left the composition for a representation cycle, required of each council.
Chandigarh Housing Board fails to convene board meeting as no project in the pipeline Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has not convened its board meeting for past six months. Major projects, including the Sector-53 General Housing Scheme, were put on hold by UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit.
IT Park Housing Scheme: ₹15 cr down the drain, Purohit questions CHB on spendings sans green clearances UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit has sought an explanation from the Chandigarh Housing Board. The CHB had spent the money on construction of roads, underground cable trench (service duct), sewer lines and water lines. The scheme had been planned on two IT Park plots, measuring 10.51 and 6.43 acres.
IT Park Housing Scheme: ₹15 cr down the drain, Purohit questions CHB on spendings sans green clearances UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit has sought an explanation from the Chandigarh Housing Board. The CHB had spent the money on construction of roads, underground cable trench (service duct), sewer lines and water lines. In October last year, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest had refused to accord approval for the housing scheme.
CHB puts on hold razing of illegal structures in Sector 41 A Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has put on hold the demolition of dwelling units at Sector 41 A till further orders. CHB on September 27 had directed the allottees to remove the violations and rectify their units within 10 days.
Canine Friends Pet Therapy brings joy to elderly in Hawke’s Bay Nationwide not-for-profit Canine Friends Pet Therapy has teams of dogs and owners in Napier, CHB and Hastings. The dogs visit rest homes, Cranford Hospice, Hawke’s Bay Hospital and the region's prison. The Thursday Murder Club is back in Richard Osman's latest book The Last Devil to Die.
Central Hawke’s Bay welcomes new citizens At a recent citizenship ceremony in the Central Hawke’s Bay District Council chambers, CHB welcomed 19 new New Zealand citizens. hailing from Thailand, the USA, the UK, Switzerland, South Africa, Samoa, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
CHB notices contradict court’s orders, say Sector 41 residents Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) issued notices to residents of Sector 41-A, giving them 10 days to remove violations. Residents claimed extra rooms were constructed with the board’s permission. Since 1985 to 2022, additional constructions were made by the allottees.
CHB notices contradict court’s orders, say Sector 41 residents Residents claim extra rooms were constructed with the board’s permission. Since 1985 to 2022, additional constructions were made by the allottees but CHB took no action on the need-based changes constructions as per bylaws.
CHB to demolish illegal structures in Sector 41 from October 9 The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) said that a demolition drive to remove unauthorised constructions and violations in the duplex houses in Sector 41-A will be carried out from October 9. The allottees have been directed to remove any violations and rectify their units within 10 days.
Now, Purohit stalls CHB’s IT Park housing scheme Chandigarh Housing Board’s housing scheme at IT Park has joined the list of projects being suspended by UT administrator Banwarilal Purohit. The 16-acre land for the IT Park project is part of the 123 acres that CHB retrieved from Parsvnath Developers in 2015 after a long-drawn legal battle.
CCI issues order against Chandigarh Housing Board for anti-competitive practices | Mint The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has said the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) had abused its dominant position by imposing unfair conditions on the allottees of residential flats under Housing Scheme 2010. The commission also found non- disclosure of date of delivery of possession to applicants of the flats.
Give details on ₹1,000 cr spent on IT Park land: Chandigarh administrator to CHB The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) has sought back from the administration. The directions came during a meeting between the administrator and UT officers at the UT Secretariat. The prime land has been stuck in unending environmental and wildlife wrangles.
CCI issues order against Chandigarh Housing Board for anti-competitive practices | Mint The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) had abused its dominant position. It imposed unfair conditions on the allottees of residential flats under Housing Scheme 2010.
CCI pulls up Chandigarh Housing Board for anti-competitive practices The order came on information provided by Ramesh Kumar, an allottee of a flat offered under a Self-Financing Housing Scheme launched by CHB in 2010. It was alleged that CHB abused its dominant position under Section 4 of the Act.
Give details on ₹1,000 cr spent on IT Park land: Chandigarh administrator to CHB The directions came during a meeting between the administrator and UT officers at the UT Secretariat on Tuesday. In April this year, the then CHB CEO, Yashpal Garg, had written a letter to the UT administration to take the 123 acres at Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park back.
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No project in the pipeline, but Chandigarh Housing Board set to hire 38 new recruits Chandigarh Housing Board to hire 38 additional engineers, architects and draftsmen. The new hires will bump up its engineers’ strength to 120. CHB had last successfully rolled out a housing scheme in 2016, when it had offered 200 two-bedroom flats in Sector 51.
Only 675 from Chandigarh received PMAY Scheme benefits in three years Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) - Housing for All (Urban) scheme was launched in 2017. Only 675 people received financial benefit under the scheme in the city. Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB), which was the nodal agency for the scheme, had finalised around 8,000 beneficiaries.
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