CHANDIGARH: UT finance department has given clearance to the UT estate office for e-auction of six nursing homes sites. Recently, UT estate office had written to the UT finance department to grant permission for e-auction of these sites and to clarify terms and conditions for the same.
A senior official of the UT finance department said that now that they had given permission, the e-auction process would be finalised by the UT estate office.
Sources in UT estate office said that the reserve price of these sites would be finalised as per collector rates. The aim is to complete the process in a month, they added.
Recently, UT engineering department, MC Chandigarh and BSNL issued non-encumbrance certificate (NEC) to the estate office, ensuring that these sites were completely free of encroachments so that the UT could auction them. Thereafter, the estate office wrote to the UT finance department to grant permission for e-auction of these sites and to clarify terms and conditions.
According to Chandigarh administration records, these nursing home sites are situated at prime locations of the southern sectors of Chandigarh. Since these sectors lack the facility of nursing homes, the nine nursing home sites will provide major benefit to area residents.
Out of these six sites, two each are in sectors 33-C, 46 and 51. These sites have been lying vacant for over a decade. As per records, UT earmarked 16 nursing sites across the city way back, out of which only seven were auctioned and remaining nine could not be auctioned till date. The UT has given permission to auction six sites.
Sites vacant for years
Although dedicated nursing sites are still vacant after many years, Chandigarh administration recently issued a draft order for the nursing home policy, enabling conversion of residential sites into nursing homes. A few major hospital sites in Manimajra and IT Park are also lying vacant.
CHB plans PPP mode for IT parking hospital site
Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) recently wrote to UT deputy commissioner’s office seeking clarification on latest collector rates for a hospital site at Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park (IT Park). According to information, the board wants to clarify rates.
Accordingly, it will proceed with utilising land for the hospital. The board is studying public private partnership (PPP) model of different states and union territories (UTs) for the successful auction of the 8.23 acre site for a hospital in IT park. The site was put to auction with a reserve price of Rs 344 crore in September 2017. Despite extensions, there has been no response from bidders.
