Chandigarh, Feb. 20 -- Member of Parliament Manish Tewari has said that it is "extremely unfortunate" that the long-pending Chandigarh Metro project appears to be "heading nowhere", warning that without immediate intervention, the city could become a "hell for traffic" by 2036. He has urged the Union government to declare the Metro a strategic connectivity project and sanction a special grant of Rs.25,000 crore to end the prolonged stalemate. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Lok Sabha on December 11, Tewari highlighted the urgent need for a Metro Rail system in the tricity region. Responding to him, Union minister of state for housing and urban affairs Tokhan Sahu said the Centre has not received any proposal from the Chandigarh administration, Punjab or Haryana governments for setting up a Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS). htc...