Mar 17, 2025 08:10 PM IST
On Monday, a delegation of Congress leaders, led by Chandigarh unit president HS Fortunate, met deputy commissioner Nishant Yadav and submitted a memorandum outlining hostile impacts of the hike on the frequent citizen, as gauged by the occasion
The Chandigarh Congress has condemned the steep improve in collector charges proposed by the Chandigarh administration.
The collector charges in Chandigarh had been final revised in April 2021. (Getty Photos/iStockphoto)
On Monday, a delegation of Congress leaders, led by native unit president HS Fortunate, met deputy commissioner Nishant Yadav and submitted a memorandum outlining hostile impacts of the hike on the frequent citizen, as gauged by the occasion.
Terming the revision as extreme and unjustified, Fortunate stated buying property in Chandigarh was already an immense problem, and such an exorbitant hike would additional erode affordability, making homeownership an much more distant dream for the typical citizen.
Alleging evident discrepancies within the revised charges throughout numerous property classes, Fortunate identified that in some circumstances, the collector fee was being hiked by as a lot as 4 instances—an unjustifiable improve. He additional underscored the extreme repercussions of the hike for the economic sector, which was already grappling with quite a few challenges. “The proposed rate of ₹83,000 per square yard for industrial land is exorbitant and would further burden industrialists,” he claimed.
Moreover, regardless of expectations of a discount within the collector fee for showrooms on Madhya Marg, the administration has as a substitute raised them past even prevailing market costs. Equally, the charges for residential and industrial properties in villages have been elevated to an unreasonable extent, necessitating quick rationalisation. Housing societies, too, suffered from numerous discrepancies that required pressing rectification, he stated.
The deputy commissioner gave the delegation a affected person listening to, and guaranteed them that the administration will fastidiously take into account all considerations raised and take applicable corrective measures.