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Ludhiana Trust Lacks New Affordable Housing Plans for 20 Years

LUDHIANA: The Ludhiana Improvement Trust (LIT) is experiencing a significant slowdown in urban development, having not introduced an affordable housing scheme for residents in nearly two decades. Once the leading force behind Ludhiana’s residential projects, the trust has now shifted its attention to small-scale developments under municipal jurisdiction. With the Atal Apartment project, delayed for years, expected to wrap up by December 2026, officials caution that LIT may soon be left with no active projects. This lack of government-supported options is pushing residents toward expensive private developers or illegal colonies. Two Decades of Inaction The glory days of LIT’s planning…

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How Ghaziabad Plans to Tackle Illegal Colonies Without Power

GHAZIABAD: To tackle the rapid proliferation of unauthorized colonies, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) vice chairperson, Atul Vats, has reached out to the stamp and registry department to halt the registration of plots in these illegal areas. Instructions have also been issued to the power department and civic corporation to refrain from granting electricity, water, or sewerage connections until the GDA provides a completion certificate. A recent survey by the GDA discovered 351 illegal colonies covering 2,944 acres in the city, an increase from 321 in 2021. Officials attribute this rise to ongoing property registrations despite the illegal status of…