CHANDIGARH: To rule out misuse of land meant for green cover and residential cover, the draft master plan has identified pockets in different parts of the city so that land use is notified and no commercial activity is allowed there in future.

While the areas for residential growth in the coming years have been identified in the phase three of the city, additional green area will be created close to the airport. The green belts will be clearly marked so that these are not sacrificed to allow commercial activity.

There will be a 100-metre wide green belt along north west boundary of the city, Patiala Ki Rao and Sukhna Choe. There will be another 30-metre wide green belt along route no 1 to Panchkula near the Railway track, reads the draft of the master plan prepared by the UT urban planning department.

After the master plan is ready, it would be integrated with separate plans of Mohali and Panchkula to make a regional plan with focus on coordinated growth in the periphery, which has already witnessed gross violation of norms.