Punjab housing department issues clearance certificates to 51 builders

22 Oct 2024 CW Team

Punjab housing and urban development department on Wednesday organised “first its kind” camp to issue clearance certificates related to real estate to 51 colonisers. Housing and urban development minister Hardeep Singh Mundian and chief secretary KAP Sinha handed over colony licences, completion certificates, partial completion certificates, letters of intent, zoning plans, building plans, promoter registration certificates and lay-out plans to 51 builders.

Mundian said the objective is to settle the pending works related to the real estate sector. The next camp will be organized at the end of November. “The department is committed to settling the works of developers with transparency on a priority basis. An e-mail transparency.hud@gmail.com has been created for this purpose, on which any complaint can be made directly,” he said.

Housing secretary Rahul Tewari said the camp would take care of the stalled works of the promoters and developers in the state On this occasion, certificates related to various authorities were handed over and feedback was also taken from the occasion. Special Secretary Apneet Riyat conducted the proceedings of the camp. Punjab Urban Planning and Development Authority (PUDA) chief administrator Neeru Katia Gupta was also present.

Jagjit Singh Majha, President of Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) Punjab said the initiative would help in giving impetus to the real sector and would serve the twin purpose of being the top money spinner for the State's economy besides leading the way towards sustainable urban development.

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