Acting stringently against the building by-law violations in Chandigarh Club, the UT Administration has decided to put up a fence in the area misused for organising functions in the Club.
The Administration has already sent a communiqué in the regard to the Club.
A senior UT official said, “The UT Administration has decided that fencing of the area where functions are organised would be done to stop the building by-law violations in the Club.”
“The Club has been informed about the decision. And, the fencing of the area near garden would be done shortly,” added the official.
Earlier, the UT Administration had directed the Club not to organise functions and stop booking for organising wedding functions and others from now onwards. And, only bookings upto next two months should be considered and no more bookings should be made.
The Administration had also asked Chandigarh Club to remove the building by-law violations at the earliest otherwise a strict action will be taken action against them.
During a surprise inspection conducted in the Club this year, the UT Administration had found several violations of building by-laws. It was observed that the outside space of Club is being used for parking by fencing it with barbed wires. An ATM of Punjab National Bank, two wooden kiosks were found in the premises.
As per UT Administration’s report, some hoardings of various companies have been installed in the Club. During the survey, non-members of the Club were also found in the premises. It was found that nearly 3.75 acres of Government land is being misused for organising functions including weddings.
The Chandigarh Club spreads over an open area of 8.5 acres and has covered area of 1263 square yards.