In order to strike a balance between changing needs of society and emerging urban development scenario, the Punjab government has announced amended building bylaws.
Addressing the media, Minister for Industry, Commerce and Local government, Manoranjan Kalia maintained that to cope with factors like rapid-urbanisation, horizontal sprawling, increasing pressure on basic infrastructure and changes in socio-economic hadnecessitated the cause for bringing in new building bylaws.
Revealing the amended building bylaws 2010, Kalia said to encourage group housing in Punjab number of laws hadbeen amended. The minimum plot size required for group housing is to be reduced to 2,500 square yard as against minimum plot size of 3,500 square yard at present.
Similarly the floor area ratio in group housing has been increased to1:1.175 in place of 1:11.35 for projects abutting 40 feet to 60 feet, and 1:2.00 in place of 1:1.65 for projects abutting roads having 60 feet and above.