Ahead of the UT Administrator’s Advisory Council (AAC) meeting on June 30 to discuss the Chandigarh Master Plan-Vision 2031 draft, Chandigarh BJP has asked the city residents to give their suggestions on the master plan on party’s official page on social networking site Facebook and official e-mail address.
Chandigarh BJP president Sanjay Tandon has appealed to the city residents to send their suggestions on the UT master plan so that the same can be raised in the AAC meeting to be held on June 30.
He said that the city denizens can send their suggestions on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ BJPCHD and at official email ID: suggest.bjpchd@gmail.com. Those who want to meet the BJP leaders in person can also visit the party office in Sector 33 KAMlAM between 4 pm and 6pm up to June 28, he added.
City MP Kirron Kher, party city president Sanjay Tandon, former city MP Satya Pal Jain are likely to attend the Council’s meeting on June 30. Earlier, the AAC meeting was held on June 19 and the BJP leaders had walked out of the meeting protesting against the UT Administration for not consulting Kher before finalising the date of the meeting.
Following heated exchange of words with UT Administrator Shivraj Patil, three BJP leaders including Tandon Jain and District President, Bhajan Singh Maru had walked out of the Council’s meeting.
The last AAC meet was convened after a gap of more than one year. During the meeting, it was decided to consult the adjoining state governments of Punjab and Haryana before finalisation of Chandigarh Master Plan.A copy of Draft Master Plan & Report of Board of Inquiry and Hearing was also circulated to all the council members for deliberations and to give their considered suggestions on the Draft Master Plan.
The entire area of 114 sq km comprising the Union Territory of Chandigarh has been covered in the master plan and it includes 70 sq km of the Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the original plan prepared by le Corbusier and Phase 3 Sectors besides the area under the periphery.
Based on detailed studies of the existing ground realities, including detailed SWOT (strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threat) analysis, active engagements with various stakeholders, site visits, feedback from various departments of the Administration, presentations to the Administrator’s Advisory Council, High Powered Coordination Committee at New Delhi, the draft of Chandigarh Master Plan provides a vision for development and future planning of the city.