A meeting of Chandigarh Business Council (Regd), An Apex body of Traders, was held today to discuss Administration’s move to increase rates for additional coverage under FAR to the extent of 2 times to 8 times on residential and commercial premises.The members pointed out that general public is already overburdened and fed up due to increase in prices of all types necessities of life which is now beyond reach of common man. The rates of petrol, diesel, gas etc.has already been increased and the reason being cited for such increase AS INCREASE IN INTERNATIONAL MARKET. The rates of building material, which is of course indigenous products, has gone high without any reason which is adding to the cost of construction. There is definite feelings in the minds of locals that Government is being commercial and forgotten slogan of social and democratic set up. Besides this recent increase in vehicle registration fee and increase in stamp duty has already been done by Chandigarh Administration burdening the public but yielding high revenue.
The members feel that the Administration had levied additional charges themselves and must not increase the same as this will discourage the additional construction to accommodate much added population of Chandigarh. IT WAS VEHEMENTALLY VIEWED THAT INCREASE IN FAR HAS BEEN ALLOWED WITHIN THE PLOTTED AREA AND NOBODY HAS BEEN GIVEN ADDITIONAL LAND BY THE ADMINISTRATION.The Chandigarh Business Council urge the Administration to review their decision and hold the levy to relieve the public of this avoidable cost in construction.
The meeting was attended by S/Shri Jagdish Arora, Kamaljit Singh Panchhi, Neeraj Bajaj.
LC Arora, JPS Kalra, Baldev Goyal, Subhash Sethi, Sat Paul Garg, Arvinder Singh, Baldev Aggarwal, Arun Talwar. Gurdial Bhasin, PN Khanna, Sunil Bansal etc.