Punjab Government has renamed its Mullanpur township on the city’s periphery, adjoining the PGI, as “New Chandigarh”. This is to cash in on Chandigarh's stature of being the first planned city of the country.
The changed name was approved by Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, at a meeting of the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Board. The decision had been taken on the basis of a feedback from the public. At the meeting, which was also attended by the Financial Commissioner, Revenue, and Principal Secretaries of Revenue, Local Government, Commerce and Industry, Rural Development and Environment, it was decided that the Mullanpur Local Planning Area (LPA) as conceived in the masterplan be rechristened as New Chandigarh.
The logic given for the new name was that since the upcoming township was conceived as an “eco-friendly” urban settlement, it would be appropriate to rename it as New Chandigarh.
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