Chandigarh, July 19 -- Even as the fate of Tribune Chowk flyover hangs in balance following Punjab and Haryana high court's orders, the UT administration has started exploring an alternative solution to address the city's growing traffic issues - a mobility solution that runs beneath, not above, the city roads.

In what officials describe as a new step toward reworking the city's traffic strategy, the engineering wing has floated a tender to undertake topographical surveys and digital mapping for a network of proposed vehicular underpasses across some of Chandigarh's busiest junctions.

The shift comes in the wake of a sweeping ruling by the Punjab and Haryana high court, which struck down the Tribune Chowk flyover, one of the city's most...