PAC: Punjab Building Rules Inferior to Land Pooling
LUDHIANA: Members of a public action committee have voiced strong opposition to the draft Punjab Unified Building Rules 2025. They argue that the proposed regulations are even more detrimental than the land pooling scheme previously withdrawn by the state government due to public pressure, claiming it will exacerbate traffic congestion and other issues, undermining its intended purpose. The objections were presented by PAC (Mattewara) representatives—Jaskirat Singh, Kapil Arora, Kuldeep Singh Khaira, and Amandeep Bains—before the director of town and country planning on Thursday. The housing and urban development department had solicited public feedback on the Draft Punjab Unified Building Rules…