Nine Chandigarh Administration projects worth about Rs 258 crore inaugurated or given foundation stones

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Nine Chandigarh Administration projects worth about Rs 258 crore inaugurated or given foundation stones

1 November 2026

Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated two completed projects of the Chandigarh Administration and laid foundation stones for seven more, together worth about Rs 258 crore. The completed works, worth about Rs 80 crore, are a Government High School at Sarangpur costing about Rs 12 crore and a Chandigarh Transport Undertaking depot-cum-workshop at Raipur Kalan costing about Rs 68 crore. The seven upcoming projects add up to about Rs 178 crore. They include 192 Type-III houses at the Chandigarh Armed Police Complex in Dhanas at about Rs 84 crore and a pedestrian subway linking PGIMER and Panjab University at about Rs 12 crore. The rest are a boys' hostel at Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, a gymnasium hall at Post Graduate Government College Sector 46, an upgrade of the Sector 7 sports complex, a police station building in Sector 49 and fifteen permanent security check posts at entry points. The function was held at Tiranga Park in Sector 17, with UT Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria present.

Total value: about Rs 258 crore Projects inaugurated: two, worth about Rs 80 crore Foundation stones laid: seven, worth about Rs 178 crore Largest single project: 192 Type-III houses at Chandigarh Armed Police Complex, Dhanas, about Rs 84 crore

Why it matters for exams: PGIMER and Panjab University as central institutions in Chandigarh, and the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking as the UT's bus service, are durable institution facts.

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1 November 2026 Source: The Print

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PGIMER Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research — A central medical institute at Chandigarh.

CTU Chandigarh Transport Undertaking — The union territory's public bus service.