GMADA Eco City

GMADA Eco City at a glance

Eco City is the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority's (GMADA) pair of plotted estates at Mullanpur, New Chandigarh: Eco City 1 and Eco City 2. GMADA sold the plots; families build their own houses on them.

• Size: about 806 acres: Eco City 1 about 419 acres and Eco City 2 about 387 acres, with 4,386 residential plots (3,022 and 1,364) and 376 commercial sites (The Tribune, July 2018)
• Where: Eco City 1 around Mullanpur Garibdass (villages Mullanpur Garibdass, Ferozepur, Bharaunjian, Devinagar and Ratwara), next to DLF Hyde Park Estate; Eco City 2 4–5 km to the north-west, in Hoshiarpur and Takipur
• Schemes: Eco City 1's scheme (applications 21 September–21 October 2011, draw 28 November 2011) offered plots of 100 to 500 sq yd at ₹15,000–19,000 per sq yd; Eco City 2's scheme of December 2020 offered 289 plots at ₹25,000 per sq yd (draw 22 February 2021); landowners got plots, and later booths, under land pooling
• Status: GMADA promised Eco City 1's plots within 30 months, but only about 300 had been handed over by July 2018, when about 40 houses had completion certificates; today many houses stand there. GMADA still lists the development of Eco City 2 among its ongoing works
• RERA: Eco City 1's residential plots have no RERA number (the 2011 scheme came before RERA); GMADA registered Eco City 1's commercial sites (PBRERA-SAS80-PC0062), Eco City 2 (PBRERA-SAS81-PM0152) and Eco City 2 Extension (PBRERA-SAS80-PR0347)

Prices in Eco City (resale, 2026)

GMADA has no Eco City 1 or 2 scheme open, so plots, houses and commercial sites are bought on resale. Asking prices on listings online on 13 November 2026:

These are sellers' and brokers' asks on Housing.com, Square Yards, PropertyWala, RealEstateIndia and 99acres; deals are often lower. GMADA's own sales give a check: at its e-auction reported on 16 October 2025 an Eco City 1 site of 500 sq yd sold for ₹7.61 crore (The Tribune), and in June 2025 a 300 sq yd plot in Block A of Eco City 1 sold for ₹3.5 crore against a reserve of ₹3 crore (Construction World). GMADA's base rate for Eco City plots of 100–500 sq yd is ₹65,000 per sq yd for 2025-26; it is used for government allotments and fees, not as a market price (PTC News, November 2025).

Eco City 1, Eco City 2 and what comes next

Eco City 1 is the older estate, where most houses stand. Its layout plan (2013, revised 2016) has 491 plots of 1 kanal and 683 of 300 sq yd, besides smaller plots. Eco City 2 has 1,364 plots from 100 to 2,000 sq yd: 258 of 100 sq yd, 136 of 150, 228 of 200, 384 of 300, 22 of 400, 20 of 450, 238 of 500, 68 of 1,000 and 10 of 2,000 sq yd (RERA record). GMADA has also sold group-housing sites there, and Opus One (registered with RERA in October 2025) is planned on one of them. Most listings say only "Eco City", so ask which estate, sector and block a plot is in.

Eco City 2 Extension (96 acres in Hoshiarpur village; 135 plots of 1 kanal and 18 of 2 kanal were planned) has not been launched: GMADA put it on hold after the Enforcement Directorate's searches at GMADA (Hindustan Times, October 2026). Eco City 3 and Eco City 4 are at the land-pooling and acquisition stage: see our guide to upcoming GMADA projects.

What you can build

GMADA's estates follow the Punjab Urban Planning and Development Building Rules, 2021 and the zoning plan of each plot. A house may have a ground floor and two upper floors, with one basement. On Eco City 2's zoning plan a 1 kanal plot (50 x 90 ft) may be covered up to about 2,760 sq ft and a 300 sq yd plot (36 x 75 ft) up to about 1,755 sq ft. The height limit comes from the Rules, which were amended in 2026, so confirm it with GMADA's building branch. The 2025 rules that would have allowed stilt + 4 floors on plots were stayed by the High Court and withdrawn in April 2026.

Commercial sites: SCOs and booths

Eco City 1's commercial sites, in Sector 5 (Pockets 1–3) and Sector 6 (Pocket 1), are registered by GMADA as PBRERA-SAS80-PC0062: 84 SCOs (shop-cum-offices) of ground + 3 floors with a basement, 11 shops of ground + 1 with a basement and 83 booths. Landowners also got booths of 10 and 20 sq yd under land pooling: GMADA held their draw on 5 November 2024 and issued the allotment letters online in March 2026, so a booth on sale may be a new allotment. In March 2025 GMADA put 22 commercial plots of 100 sq yd in Eco City 2 up for e-auction; we found no result, and no auction price for an Eco City SCO or booth from 2024–2026. Compare with commercial plots in New Chandigarh.

Location

Eco City 1 lies around Mullanpur Garibdass, north-west of Chandigarh, next to DLF Hyde Park Estate; GMADA describes it as south of the MDR-B road. Eco City 2 is 4–5 km to the north-west, in Hoshiarpur and Takipur. From Eco City 1, the Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital is about 2 km by road, the MYS International Cricket Stadium about 5 km, PGIMER Chandigarh about 8 km, Sector 17 Chandigarh about 11 km, Kharar about 16 km and Chandigarh International Airport about 23 km. GMADA's plan provides 26 parks, four school sites, a club and a community centre (The Tribune, 2018); ask what is built near the plot you choose.

Before you buy in Eco City

• Ask for the plot or site number, sector and block, and whether it is in Eco City 1 or Eco City 2; find it on GMADA's layout plan.
• Get GMADA's allotment letter (or the land-pooling letter of intent), every re-allotment or transfer letter in the chain, and a no-dues certificate from GMADA's estate office.
• Ask whether any GMADA dues are pending, such as a non-construction fee for a plot not built on within GMADA's time limit, and agree in writing who pays them.
• Ask GMADA for the zoning plan of the plot (ground coverage, setbacks, floors and basement) before you plan a house; for a built house, ask for the sanctioned plan and the completion certificate.
• Compare asks per sq yd: corner, park-facing and wide-road plots ask more, and the same plot is often listed by several brokers.

See also kanal plots, residential plots and houses and kothis in New Chandigarh, and DLF Hyde Park Estate next door.

Facts checked on 13 November 2026 against GMADA's website, its 2011 Eco City brochure, layout and zoning plans and notices, The Tribune (July 2018; October 2025), Construction World (June 2025), PTC News (November 2025), Hindustan Times (October 2026), Punjab RERA's records, the Punjab building rules of 2021, and asking prices on Housing.com, Square Yards, PropertyWala, RealEstateIndia and 99acres. Cover map © OpenStreetMap contributors.