The Times of India 11.08.2012
Another sector for Chandigarh: 56 West
CHANDIGARH: After Sector 38 West, the city will now have Sector 56 West as UT urban planning department has decided to use the vacant land at the west-end boundary of the city along Punjab, next to the existing Sector 56.
Instead of developing a whole new sector in the biggest chunk of
available land close to Maloya, most of the land will be kept aside for
future use. It has already been decided to set up a bulk material market
in the proposed sector. A green belt will be maintained around the
area.
"A housing scheme for UT employees is already coming up
in Sector 56 and is shaping up well. The area next to it will not be
used in a hurry and Sector 56 West will have projects coming up
depending upon the future requirements of the city," said a UT official.
"There is already a mad scramble for plots and flats in Sector 56 and
the same would happen if UT plans to come up with housing projects in
Sector 56 West. Sector 38 West has proved to be a successful experiment
and this, too, is prime land close to Mohali," said Randhir Chahal, property dealer based in Sector 61.
Other newly-developed sectors in Chandigarh such as 61 and 63, besides
48, have portions falling in Mohali, but this wouldn't be the case with
Sector 56 West. The detailed layout of the area will be worked out by
the urban planning department before budget sanction is made for the
projects to come up there. Sector 38 West too wasn't a part of the
original master plan and was planned later by the administration.
The bulk material market will be the first in the city and will offer
dry materials such as coal, cereals, wood chips, sand, gravel and stone
in loose bulk form.
