Summary:
Documents reveal that from 2016-2018, a maximum amount of Rs 4.13 crore was spent on paver blocks in Dadumajra colony, followed by Rs 2.67 crore in sectors 37 and 38 (west), Rs 1.94 crore on PCC tiles in Sector 21, Rs 1.87 crore on PCC tiles in sectors 41 and 42, Rs 1.44 crore on paver blocks in Sector 45, Rs 1.22 crore on paver blocks and PCC tiles in Sector 9, Rs 1.10 crore on paver blocks and PCC tiles in Sector 43, Rs 83.92 lakh on PCC tiles in Shanti Nagar, Manimajra, Rs 74.98 lakh on PCC tiles in Sector 40, Rs 56.53 lakh on paver blocks and PCC tiles in Sector 39, Rs 48.41 on PCC tiles in sectors 55 and 56, Rs 46.58 lakh on paver blocks at Palsora village, in addition to a few other places across Chandigarh. In 2016, MC had also drafted a policy for installation of paver blocks and PCC tiles in which they specified the areas where paver blocks and PCC tiles were required to be installed. A contractor dealing in paver blocks and PCC tiles said, “A PCC tile costs between Rs 25 and Rs 30 each while a paver block costs Rs 10-12 each (Rs 12 for a 80 mm thickness). “I do not know how these paver blocks and PCC tiles are being installed in my ward. Not only Chandigarh’s master plan was notified in 2015, but installation of paver blocks is also against the Green Chandigarh Action plan..