WHY CHANDIGARH DESERVES TO BE SAVED

When a new city, howsoever meticulously planned, becomes a living entity, certain changes inevitably occur. The felt-needs change the original design mandate and many new factors emerge that could never have been foreseen, much less provided for. In myriad ways, a city design moulds the civic life and pattern of living, and exerts considerable formative influence on social attitudes and lifestyles. However, as the living community takes root and attains its ambience, spatial relationships change. Chandigarh is no exception, observes Sayed Shafi