Ahead of the UT administration’s new industrial policy, industrial plot holders having less than two kanal in area have put forth their demand to bring them on parity with others for conversion.
The UT administration ended its conversion policy, which allowed plot holders to convert land use of their industrial plots into commercial activity and services.
Till last year, the administration had allowed it to those with industrial plots of over two kanal under the conversion policy.
A group of industrialists met the Home Secretary yesterday and apprised him of the disparity. There were about 1,000 plots at Phases I and II of the Industrial Area.
The industrialists claimed that those with an area of two kanal and-a-half were allowed commercial activities while they were not. In 2008, the Chandigarh administration had amended the conversion policy for industrial plots in the Industrial Area.
It was stated that two or more adjoining plots allotted under the less-than-two-kanal category were to be considered for conversion if the area was two kanal or more after amalgamation.
The Chandigarh administration had incurred losses on account of not reviewing conversion rates for projects and delay in payment for conversion in the Industrial Area.
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