Chandigarh, Oct. 15 -- The petitioners opposing construction of Tribune flyover on Dakshin Marg on Tuesday told Punjab and Haryana high court that flyover is neither a solution to traffic woes nor was recommended in the Chandigarh Master Plan-2031.

Addressing arguments on behalf of the petitioners, advocate Tanu Bedi told the court that the master plan recommended more roads to link it with Punjab Ring road around Chandigarh so that unwanted traffic does not come into the city.

Bedi elaborated that instead of constructing a flyover, the solution was integrated multimodal mass transport - Metro, BRT, city bus system. "But nothing has been done so far. In fact, it was also decided that in Chandigarh, the metro within the sectoral grid wil...