Chandigarh, Feb. 6 -- In a major setback for the Chandigarh administration, its hopes to revive two suspended projects at the Capitol Complex - an underground multi-level parking lot and holistic development plan for Punjab and Haryana high court - are all but over.

Both projects have received a negative assessment from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, whose report indicates that they fail to meet the criteria for Heritage Impact Assessment (HIA) and did not comply with International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) guidelines, essentially declaring them unfeasible.

This follows a significant blow dealt to the administration in September 2023 by the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, which had suspended three proje...