Chandigarh, March 11 -- No monument in Chandigarh has been designated as a monument of national importance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, clarified the Union ministry of culture in the Lok Sabha in a written reply to an unstarred question by Chandigarh MP Manish Tewari.

The city, which is not listed as a heritage city, has also not received any state-level heritage designations under the Punjab Ancient and Historical Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1964.

The ministry's response added that Chandigarh served as the capital of the erstwhile joint Punjab until 1966, yet no local monuments, archaeological sites, or ancient remains in the union territory have been conferred prot...