The Punjab Cabinet Tuesday approved the Punjab Unified Building Rules, 2025 paving way for construction of stilt-plus-flour floors in new urban sectors, sale of independent floors, increase in the FAR ratio, 5 per cent extra construction on one kanal plots, and a cut in the setback area. The decision was taken at a meeting of the council of ministers chaired by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

Sources privy to the meeting said that Chief Secretary KAP Sinha had raised objections to some of the rules but none of the ministers raised any issue during the meeting. They said that the ministers, who were handed over a copy of the rules at the last minute, unanimously gave their nod to the agenda within 10 minutes.

Principal Secretary, Housing and Urban Development, Vikas Garg said that the Unifi

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