Chandigarh in India is A Rare Piece of Architecture that is the Creation Of Le Corbusier
By M.M.Khanna, C/O Services India PR Company, Chandigarh India
In the 20th century, Chandigarh proved a successful urban planning experiment where French Architect-Planner, Le Corbusier, executed numerous urban planning schemes that become his great architectural creations for today's age and earned a name for beautiful planning all over India.
When the first Prime Minister of India, Late Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, visited the project on 2nd April, 1952, he declared, "let this be a new town symbolic of the freedom of India, unfettered by the traditions of past,an expression of the nation's faith in the future. " After its completion as a Modern City Of India, Chandigarh was retained as Union Territory By the Govt. Of India, since Ist November, 1966 with capitals of Panjab & Haryana. States.
City Beautiful, Chandigarh, although had been situated on the
foot-hill of Himachal Pradesh, "Dev Bhoomi", the land of Gods &
Godesses, but the city itself had been surrounded by mostly man-
made creations like Sukhna lake, Rock Garden., Culturtal Complex & Sector 17 Plaza etc. The city had been always drenched with
enchanting fragrence of roses due to not only famous Rose Garden, but due to Flower, Terrace Gardens and Leisure Valleys being maintained by the administration in each dwelling sectors. The facilities like Primary, Senior , College and University Education along with private institutes touching different fields had labeled the city most literate in India. The most modern Restaurants, Hotels and Eating Places of the city had been great attraction for domestic & foreign tourists. Well maintained roads encouraged every one not to walk-well,but drive- well. Local transport like cycle-driven Rikshas, Autos, Taxis and Buses offered to the visitors to move comfortably & economically in the city.Famous Markets of sector, 22, 34, 35, 17 and Markets in adjoining towns of Mohali & Panchkula on a very short distance had been source of Specialized shopping for the visitors.
Since Chandigrh Administration had been very keen to convert
Chandigarh in to a Tourist Hub, so a detailed Tourism Web-Site:
http://www.chandigarhtourism.govt.in had been launched recently,
which had contained exhaustive information about Chandigarh, to
enable specially foreign tourists having planning to visit Chandigrh, might have the glimpse of city from this Web-Site , while starting for it from their native places.
In a message given by the Secretary Tourism cum Home secretary,
Chandigarh administration, Mr. Krishan Mohan on the launch of this
Tourism-Related Web-Site, conveyed that apart from the above
facilities, Chandigarh would be offering Medical Tourism for speedy treatment of patients on very economical packages and Rural Tourism for offering rural handicrafts/ Phulkari etc made by the Rural Artisians, Special dishes made by the Rural Dhaba owners. Mr. Mohan is very hopeful to welcome domestic as well as Foreign Tourists in very large number on ensuing "Dewali Shopping festival" would be organised by the Tourism Deptt. of Chandigarth Administration. Mr. Mohan is very confident about the capabilities of the present Director Tourism., Mr. Vivek Atray, who had been always an instrument to encourage tourism in the region and also for implementing number of new facilities to boost up Chandigarh as a Tourist Hub.
August 31, 2006
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