Chandigarh, May 15 -- Approved in 2015, the multilevel parking project work at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER) has been hanging fire for the past 10 months. Meant to provide a convenient parking area to patients, the seven-storey structure's construction had to be halted in July last year when the Chandigarh Pollution Control Committee (CPCC) issued a notice as the PGIMER did not obtain environmental clearance from it.

It has been 10 months but the institute is yet to hire an environment consultant who will assess the project and apply for CPCC's clearance, much to the chagrin of visitors who point out that despite approval 11 years ago and award of the contract three years ago, the project is yet to...