Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh, January 16-
The State Government has introduced the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh Development Authority (BBNDA) Land
Pooling Policy-2025 to promote organized and sustainable development in the Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh
(BBN) area of Solan district. The policy focuses on transforming unorganized land arrangements into
systematically planned layouts with active participation from landowners, ensuring better urban planning and
infrastructure development without compulsory land acquisition.
CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu stated that the policy allows land to be pooled and developed with the cooperation of landowners, facilitating the provision of essential services and planned layouts in the area. Under this policy, the BBNDA will take the lead in development projects across residential, commercial, institutional, mixed-use and
infrastructure sectors in urbanizable areas covered under approved Development Plans.
The Authority will identify land for projects or invite voluntary participation from landowners through public advertisements. Landowners can apply directly or through aggregators, submitting details of their land online or offline within a specified period of at least 60 days, extendable by the Authority. Applications will be scrutinized within 30
days and necessary approvals will be sought for project implementation.