Chandigarh

Chandigarh, the capital of the States of Punjab and Haryana, built in what was a wilderness in 1950. Planned by the famous Le Corbusier, Chandigarh has become a place of 'Pilgrimage' for town planbners from all over the world.

About 350 kms. from Delhi, in Punjab, is India's largest multi-purpose project, the Bhakra Nangal, with one of the biggest power stations in Asia. It also contains the 226 metres high dam across the river Satluj, the highest dam in the world, with a reservior nearly 180 square-kms in area.