Chandigarh, Sept. 24 -- City Beautiful is all set to become the country's first slum-free city with the UT administration all set to demolish Chandigarh's last slum-Shahpur Colony in Sector 38 (West) on September 30.

Spread across four acres of government land, valued at Rs.250 crore, Shahpur Colony has around 300 shanties with nearly 1,000 residents. Public notices have already been pasted outside the colony, asking residents to vacate.

"The UT administration is conducting screening of the residents living in this slum. We are verifying their identity and address proofs. Over 45 families, so far, have been found eligible under the UT's rehabilitation scheme and will be allotted flats. The process is still on," officials from UT's estat...