Ministry of tourism has scrapped the ambitious night tourism project for Chandigarh due to security reasons and tardy progress made since 2010. No new tourism project has been sanctioned for UT in the past two years and other ongoing projects too are moving at a snail's pace.
The plan was to illuminate the heritage buildings of Chandigarh at night with an aid of Rs 5 crore from the ministry for the project to the UT administration. New-age energy-efficient lighting were to be used to make buildings designed by Le Corbusier, besides other prominent landmarks, stand out in all their grandeur at night using latest lighting techniques.
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