Around 4,000 flats were to be built in Sectors 52, 53, and 56 by the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) for government employees as part of the 2008 UT employees’ housing scheme, which is one of the longest pending projects in the city
The meeting convened by Chandigarh Housing Board was presided over by CHB secretary Akhil Kumar and was attended by senior officers of the board, UT administration, and three unofficial members of the board of directors
Chandigarh Housing Board officials stated that allotment of around 16 small flats had been cancelled in accordance with Clause 16(a) (iii) of the Chandigarh Small Flats Scheme, 2006
Resentment among dwellers of 60,000 Chandigarh Housing Board flats, who have been waiting for a decade for a policy to regularise changes made in accommodation