The Chandigarh administration has decided to make major amendments to the city's building construction rules. Under this, a new proposal has been sent to the Union Home Ministry for approval.

Proposed changes in industrial and phase-3 areas

According to the proposal, an FAR of 2.0 and 60 percent ground coverage have been recommended for plots up to two kanals in Industrial Area Phase-1 and Phase-2. In addition, a maximum FAR of 3.0 and a height of 30 meters have been suggested for group housing in Phase-3.

There is a plan to construct high-rise residential buildings on approximately 178 acres of land in Pocket-7 near Maloya. Along with this, it has been recommended to include the land of the sub-city center in Sector-43 and Industrial Area Phase-3 in mixed land use.

Plans for Maloya, Sector-43 and Sarangpur

A proposal has been made to set the ground coverage at 40 percent and the FAR at 2.5 for the institutional area and Education City in Sarangpur. The final decision on this will be implemented only after receiving approval from the Union Home Ministry.