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