Chandigarh, Oct. 14 -- The Chandigarh administration on Monday told the Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) that the proposed Tribune Flyover does not fall within the city's heritage zone and has been designed to ease traffic congestion on Dakshin Marg.

Appearing before the HC bench of justice Sheel Nagu and justice Sanjiv Berry, UT's senior standing counsel Amit Jhanji informed that the cost of the 1,650-metre flyover, first approved in 2016, has escalated by over Rs.100 crore due to delays caused by opposition from certain quarters.

As per the 2019 estimates, the project was to cost Rs.137 crore.

The submissions were made in a clutch of petitions raising environmental concerns, stating that if the flyover is permitted, it would go aga...