chandigarh punjab chief minister amarinder singh on monday gave approval for change of land use clu for certain categories of industries to further boost industrial activity in the state the clu will be applicable to green and orange industries at a distance of 100 metres and 250 metres respectively from lal lakir or nearby abadi minimum 50 pucca houses on minimum 6 karam 3033 feet approach road under the policy of permitting industrial activity in agricultural zone of master plansthe chief minister also asked the town and country planning department to review the red category industry directing it to earmark separate zones for such industry in all the master plans he accorded special permission for expansion of medical oxygen manufacturing plant in mohali and also asked the department to extend liberal support to all such plants in the state to boost manufacturing of medical oxygenchairing the 42nd meeting of the punjab regional and town planning and development board through video conferencing the chief minister who is also its chairman said all green red and orange industrial units must conform to the prescribed norms of punjab pollution control board with zero discharge or must have consent of potential users for use of treated wateramarinder also gave his nod to allow industries in mixed land use zones along highways at a distance of 4 kms from corporation limits of ludhiana jalandhar and amritsar 3 kms from other corporation towns and classa towns and 2 kms from other towns the decision would go a long way in providing maximum area across the state to promote industrial activitythe chief minister also okayed the boards proposal for industrial parks in sectors 101 and 103 to be developed by both private developers as well as gmada in sas nagar mohali to ensure holistic development of these sectors with focus on futuristic planning he permitted the board to allow residential colonies in 50 acres in new chandigarh thereby reducing the minimum area requirement from 100 to 50 acres without disturbing the density norms this amendment would be instrumental in ensuring proper utilisation of left out pockets to provide housing facilities in the upcoming new chandigarhsources said the chief minister also discussed the proposal for the campus of a private university in mohali however the meeting created quite a buzz in the political circles especially among the congress leaders who have been anticipating changes in the council of ministers