Ludhiana Improvement Trust seeks land for new schemes
: The transfer of colonies from
Ludhiana Improvement Trust
(LIT) to the MC was supposed to ease its burden. However, the LIT now struggles to remain relevant. With the trust handing over its remaining residential areas to the municipal corporation, and the MC starting the process of adopting these colonies, the trust faces a struggle for existence.
As of now, except for the
Atal Apartment
project, the LIT has nothing major in terms of development of any area or scheme, in its itinerary. To rectify this, the trust plans to launch a new residential/commercial development scheme, for which its officials have started looking for land.
The LIT administration has initiated efforts to arrange land through land pooling to develop a new commercial/residential scheme. The trust administration has issued a public notice inviting interested holders to give land for such a scheme on the condition that it should either be within MC limits or adjacent to it.
Under the land pooling scheme, a commercial/residential scheme will be developed after taking possession of land. For every acre of land, a plot of about 1,100 sq yards will be allotted to the landholder.
During the tenure of former LIT chairman Raman Balasubramanium, the proposal for a new residential scheme was sent to the government. At the time, the proposal for a new scheme in areas around Hambran Road was discussed but after change of power, the scheme came to a halt.
After taking charge, LIT chairman Tarsem Bhinder has again started looking for land in areas around Sidhwan Canal, Lohara. Now, the trust administration has invited landholders, saying that if they want to cooperate in the development of a new commercial/residential scheme in the city, they should submit their application in a sealed envelope to the LIT chairman's office within 21 days. The process will be taken forward after checking the documents.
LIT chairman Tarsem Bhinder said, "Property holders have been invited to pool land for development of a new scheme. The procedure will be completed after verification of documents and the proposal will be sent to the government. After getting government approval, a new scheme will be launched." He added that they wanted to develop a scheme for residents because no such scheme had been launched by the trust for a long time.
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