Section 4(f) in Approval of Periphery Policy Report and other Allied Matters
(f)Municipal Towns in Periphery. - Committee recommends that the existing towns of Kharar, Banur, Zirakpur, Dera Bassi should continue to provide avenues for future growth and development by ensuring adequate supply of developed land for residential, commercial, institutional and industrial purposes. Master Plans of these Towns need to be prepared under the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Act, 1995, within the overall ambit of the Controlled Area Plan. Further expansion in the Municipal limit of these towns has also to be regulated so that it conforms to the overall Development Plan for the Periphery Area. It is proposed that the future expansion of Municipal limits of the existing Periphery towns Should be frozen, until these Master Plans have been finally notified. Thereafter, if need arises, such expansion can be considered, strictly in accordance with the approved Master Plan subject, of course, to the payment of the conversion charges as are being proposed in the report. New Municipal Councils or Nagar Panchayats within the Periphery should be notified only after the overall Development Plan has been put in place.
