Chandigarh, Oct. 27 -- Hanging fire for over five years, work on the much-needed pedestrian underpass between PGIMER and Panjab University is finally slated to begin in the last week of November.

Confirming the development, UT chief engineer CB Ojha said, "The town planning department will approve the drawings by next week, and work is expected to begin by the end of November or the first week of December."

He added that there were some changes in the plan, which delayed the project. "These have been taken care of now. The project is expected to be completed by June next year."

The project, aimed at offering safe passage to pedestrians on the busy stretch, was approved in 2019 by the then UT administrator VP Singh Badnore.

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