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Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 13:33:41 +0530
Citizens meet Sonia on Chandigarh
‘‘Disfiguring’’ Corbusier’s master plan
Naveen S Garewal
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, July 23
Deeply concerned and hurt over ‘‘disfiguring’’ Le Corbusier's master
plan with regards to the development of Chandigarh, a group of
non-political, original inhibitors of the city, have sought the
intervention of Congress President Sonia Gandhi to put an immediate end
to the haphazard development in the city and on it’s periphery.
The group comprising of eight prominent Chandigarh residents met Mrs
Gandhi in New Delhi on Saturday and sought the setting up of a regional
urban planning authority on the lines of the National Capital Region
Board for promoting coordinated development of the area surrounding
Chandigarh.
Till this was done, they sought that the Government of India direct the
Chandigarh Administration to put on hold and refrain from taking
arbitrary decisions for changing the existing land uses and carefully
drafted zoning regulations and building by-laws, such as permitting high
rise buildings or apartments in sectors meant for low rise development
that define the distinct open and green character of Chandigarh.
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http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060724/main8.htm