Chandigarh, Jan. 8 -- Being delayed for over six years now, work on the much-needed pedestrian underpass between Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) and Panjab University is finally slated to begin in April this year.

The UT administration has set a December 2026 deadline for the completion of the Rs.12.31 crore project. Once completed, the subway will provide a safe passage to nearly 10,000 people, mostly students, patients and their attendants, who have to use the stretch on a daily basis. The project was first approved in 2019 by the then UT administrator VP Singh Badnore.

In a recent review meeting of the UT administration, deadlines were decided for major infrastructure ongoing projects in Chandigarh. ...