Curation Team
PANCHKULA: Illegal hotels and commercial properties constructed in village areas without necessary permissions or Change of Land Use (CLU) approval will be sealed immediately. This decision was made in a meeting of the revenue realization committee of the Panchkula municipal corporation held on Wednesday under the chairmanship of mayor Kulbhushan Goyal and committee chairman Suresh Verma.
To conduct inspections, one building inspector and two assistant program officers (APOs) have been assigned. They will survey the villages and submit a report within a week. Properties without approved building plans or CLU will be subject to sealing and CLU charges will be recovered from the owners. Until the fees are paid, the properties will remain sealed.
Preparations are also underway to demolish 45 unauthorized farmhouses on Kot Billa Road within a week. These structures, which are reportedly being used for illegal night time parties, will be razed after issuing necessary notices.
Rs 3.62 crore dues from mobile tower companies
Out of 341 mobile towers installed in the city, payments are pending for 137. These include 42 towers from Indus, 33 from ATC, 36 from Jio, and 36 from BSNL and Airtel. A total of Rs 3.62 crore is to be recovered. If dues remain unpaid, the towers will be sealed, said the MC. Under the new policy, companies now benefit from lower fee structures, but those laying overhead lines must switch to underground cables. If not, the overhead lines will be cut, stated the MC.
Illegal advertisement boards to be removed
From auctioning gantries for advertisement boards, the city collected Rs 32.7 lakh so far. Another 55 gantries have been listed online for auction. The city is also removing large unipoles, especially those near overhead electricity lines, to control unauthorized advertising.
