Chandigarh, Nov. 10 -- Four months after the Chandigarh Heritage Committee gave its in-principle approval to the PGIMER-Sarangpur flyover project, the panel has now sought a 3D view of the proposal and detailed traffic data from the UT engineering department before granting the final clearance.

The project, first proposed in 2020, has already been hanging in balance for five years.

In July, the administration had sent the project file to the Chandigarh Heritage Committee, the final authority for any projects requiring architectural changes that impact the city's original planning.

The UT administration's move followed strong recommendations from the road safety committee in April this year, which flagged the stretch as a major traffic ...