Chandigarh, June 17 -- Haryana's proposed move to reduce its area under the national capital region (NCR), initiated as per an October 2021 decision of the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) to re-delineate the NCR, was shelved during the 42nd meeting of the board in New Delhi on Tuesday.

Haryana chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, who attended the board meeting, said that it was decided that there would be no change in the existing geographical limits of the NCR and the existing boundaries would stay intact.

Proposed central NCR influenced dropping of re-delineation move

Board's decision to drop the re-delineation proposal, people in the know said, was shaped by the proposed creation of Central NCR (CNCR), a policy zone to b...