| Punjab Real Estate: An Attempt To Scale Down | | | | 100-acres in Khanna, Barnala and Zirakpur. The rates |
| In the final stages of procuring land for building | | | | will vary from Rs. 900 per sq. yd. to Rs. 7,200 per sq. |
| integrated township projects, Punjab Urban And | | | | yd. as per Som Nath. PUDA officials are confident |
| Planning Development Authority (PUDA) officials feel | | | | that their township projects will have a bearing on |
| this will reduce the massive rise in property prices in | | | | the market price, and that there will be hundreds of |
| Punjab. | | | | applications for one dwelling unit of PUDA. |
| For the past few months, they have been acquiring | | | | Only recently, PUDA acquired 336-acres of land at |
| land from agriculturists in Amritsar, Gurdaspur, | | | | Baran on Sirhind Road, where an integrated township |
| Nawahshahar, Jullunder, Bathinda, Barnala, Zirakpur | | | | scheme (residential colony and an IT park) is being |
| and Khanna. Carrying out a demand survey, they will | | | | developed by Patiala Development Authority. |
| start work in a year's time on township projects to | | | | Against the PUDA reserve price, the upcoming mega |
| be set up on the public - private participatory or | | | | projects in the state begin at Rs. 12,000 to Rs. |
| independent model, according to Som Nath, PUDA | | | | 18,000 per sq. yd. |
| Chief Administrator. | | | | For all dreaming of a home to call their own, top |
| PUDA will be acquiring 650-acres of land in Amristsar, | | | | quality, reasonably price accommodation could make |
| 300-acres in Gurdaspur, 200-acres in Nawahshahar, | | | | it time to head for the green fields of Punjab. "Balle, |
| 300-acres in Jullunder, 20-acre in Bathinda and another | | | | Balle, Punjab tha Kamal Nahin! |