Illegal commercial properties in Panchkula villages to be sealed

                Panchkula: Illegal hotels and commercial properties constructed in village areas without necessary permissions or Change of Land Use (CLU) approval will be sealed 
immediately. This decision was made in a meeting of the revenue realization committee of the Panchkula municipal corporation held on Wednesday under the chairmanship 
of 
mayor Kulbhushan Goyal and committee chairman Suresh Verma.To conduct inspections, one building inspector and two assistant program officers (APOs) have been 
assigned. They will survey the villages and submit a report within a week. Properties without approved building plans or CLU will be subject to sealing and CLU charges will 
be recovered from the owners. Until the fees are paid, the properties will remain sealed.Preparations are also underway to demolish 45 unauthorized farmhouses on Kot Billa 
Road within a week. These structures, which are reportedly being used for illegal night time parties, will be razed after issuing necessary notices.Rs 3.62 crore dues from 
mobile tower companiesOut of 341 mobile towers installed in the city, payments are pending for 137. These include 42 towers from Indus, 33 from ATC, 36 from Jio, and 36 
from BSNL and Airtel.

A total of Rs 3.62 crore is to be recovered. If dues remain unpaid, the towers will be sealed, said the MC. Under the new policy, companies now benefit from lower fee 
structures, but those laying overhead lines must switch to underground cables. If not, the overhead lines will be cut, stated the MC.Illegal advertisement boards to be 
removedFrom auctioning gantries for advertisement boards, the city collected Rs 32.7 lakh so far. Another 55 gantries have been listed online for auction. The city is also 
removing large unipoles, especially those near overhead electricity lines, to control unauthorized advertising.


Source : Times of India