Uttarakhand on a roll 
THE much-awaited allotment of land to industrial units in various industrial estates in Uttarakhand by the state government recently is expected to give a boost not only to stagnant industrial growth but also to urban development in the state. Realty upbeat : Industrial growth likely to fuel urban development as 57 companies get 1,000 sqm plots in industrial estates of Haridwar & Pantnagar

Housing made affordable
AFTER more than a decade, the Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority (GLADA) has embarked upon an ambitious project to construct 500 one and two bedroom residential flats in Dugri Phase II, a posh colony  in Ludhiana. According to chief administrator A.K. Sinha, 350 one bedroom flats and another 150 two bedroom flats will be built over six acres in Dugri. To be constructed under a self-financing scheme, the one bedroom flat will have a carpet area of 450-500 square feet with a tentative cost of Rs 9.5 lakh while the two bedroom flats, with a carpet area of 950 to 1,000 square feet, will cost around  Rs 16 lakh.

GREEN  HOUSE
Best of both worlds
THE ornamental value of trees was a chance finding. Most ornamental trees were studied and well-understood thousands of years ago by our sages and basically, introduced and used as medicinal trees. There is clear-cut mention of most of these trees in our scriptures. We always had them around, but with the development of cities, we had another reason to keep them very near -- aesthetics. Let us today know about some of these ornamental but medicinal trees.

Valid will can’t be revoked
Q. Under the column ‘Where there is a will, there is no way out’, you have stated that a Hindu male has the right to make a will in respect of self-acquired property. You have not mentioned in case of ancestral property. Can a person make a will of his share of ancestral property and can that will be revoked or is it revocable by the real heirs? — Resham Singh