Projects up UT’s sleeve
Chandigarh to harness eastern side for development, says Sanjeev Singh Bariana
Following years of debate on the north-south divide in the city and the related developments, the Department of Urban Planning has etched out a detailed land use plan for major development in the eastern portion of the city.

Landscapes on hilltops

Experts being hired to beautify Himachal homes, says Vibhor Mohan The construction over, don’t just rush into the new house. The enviable ambience that you had dreamt of would be incomplete without proper landscaping of the uncovered area. And there cannot be better natural resources for landscaping than easily available rocks and decorative plants, besides natural water channels found in the lower Himachal region.

Pathankot plays notify-grab-denotify game Owners sell land in panic after getting acquisition notices. Once property changes hands, government schemes are abandoned mid-way. Lalit Mohan lists a few cases. Surrounded by the Army, Pathankot city has very little land in its surrounding areas for development. Though Pathankot is a city with a population of nearly 2 lakh, there is not even a single planned colony.

Better days ahead for Goindwal
Reliance agro-processing unit may spur land prices, says Ashok Sethi
The recent declaration of Tarn Taran as a district and the agro-processing unit to be set up by Reliance Industries Limited in 170 acres of land allotted by the Punjab Government may give a ray of hope to the lifeless Industrial Nucleus Complex.

TAX tips
Defining transfer
by S.C. Vasudeva
Q. The capital gains are chargeable on the transfer of a capital asset? What is meant by the word transfer?

HUDA to target smaller towns

Sunit Dhawan With a view to ease the excessive and ever-increasing population pressure on the cities, the Haryana Government has decided to develop residential sectors, including shopping complexes in the small towns and townships of the state. Apart from putting a check on the migration of villagers towards the cities, the move is also expected to maintain an even concentration of population. — Photo by Malkiat Singh

Wily ways of land grabbers
Varinder Singh
As the land prices continue to spiral up in Punjab, the appetite of people to take more and more land — both by legal and illegal means— is increasing and land grabbing is becoming more and more sophisticated in Punjab.