Madhuri to be Panchkula's girl next door
PANCHKULA: Residents of Panchkula will soon have a new neighbour -- Madhuri Dixit.
The actress spent the weekend in Chandigarh, visiting the house she is building in the foothills of the beautiful Shivalik mountains.
The plot was given to her by former Haryana chief minister Bhajan Lal - from the CM's discretionary quota -- in 1996, when she was at the peak of her career with hits like 'Hum Apke Hain Kaun', 'Anjaam' and 'Raja'. Her 3-BHK house is coming up on 310, Sector 4, Panchkula, in the Mansa Devi Complex.
The house is likely to be ready by October. Neighbours and those working on the house said Madhuri visited the plot along with husband Shriram Nene and sons Arin and Raayan on Saturday afternoon.
"Madam came with her husband and kids. She was here for about 15 minutes and checked out the construction," said Rakesh Gupta, who is among those involved in the construction work.
Madhuri joins the league of celebrities who are looking at the hills in the north as a place to have a house tucked in. Her visit comes after Priyanka Vadra's visit to Shimla, where she is building a house in Chharabara. Priyanka, who did not like the deisgn of the house, had got it razed and had visited the place in March this year to look at the new construction.
"About three month ago, she wanted to sell off the plot but she later changed her mind and started the construction work," said Hira Mani, a local real estate agent, who had helped Madhuri earlier this year in completing the official formalities of drawing up the conveyance deed - which provides absolute ownership to the allotee - between her and Haryana Urban Development Authority ( HUDA).The plot of land, provided to Madhuri on March 4, 1996, is spread over 450 square metres. While it's worth at the time of allotment was Rs 2,77,746, the current worth is estimated to be over Rs 8 crore.
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