Dubai - Chandigarh Airport Aeroplane Taxiway

Chandigarh Airport Aeroplane Taxiway. Chandigarh Airport (IATA: IXC, ICAO: VICG) serves the city of Chandigarh, states of Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.[4] The airport's new terminal building for both domestic and international flights was inaugurated on 11 September 2015, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The airport runway is located in the Union territory of Chandigarh while the new terminal is located in Punjab.[5] There are 20 flights per day with nonstop flights to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Srinagar. Punjab and Haryana each have 24.5% stake and the Airports Authority of India holds the rest of 51% stake in the new terminal building. In August 2016, Indigo Airlines and Air India Express announced international flights from September 2016. Airlines and destinations[edit] Passenger[edit] Airlines Destinations AirAsia India Bangalore Air India Delhi Air India Express Sharjah (begins 15 September 2016)[28] GoAir Mumbai IndiGo Dubai-International (begins 26 September 2016)[29] IndiGo Bangalore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Srinagar Jet Airways Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai SpiceJet Delhi Vistara Delhi, Hyderabad The new terminal is located 14 km (8.7 mi) from Chandigarh City center in Sector 17. Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU) operates public AC bus to Sector 17.[30] Taxi service is available to Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali. Chandigarh is a city and a union territory in the northern part of India that serves as the capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. As a union territory, the city is ruled directly by the Union Government and is not part of either state. Chandigarh Capital Region or Greater Chandigarh is an area in northern India, comprising territories of the Union Territory of Chandigarh, Indian state of Punjab(Mohali District) and state of Haryana(Panchkula district). The region consists of the cities of Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali, Zirakpur and Kharar. The city of Chandigarh was one of the early planned cities in the post-independence India and is known internationally for its architecture and urban design.[7] The master plan of the city was prepared by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier, transformed from earlier plans created by the Polish architect Maciej Nowicki and the American planner Albert Mayer. Most of the government buildings and housing in the city, were designed by the Chandigarh Capital Project Team headed by Le Corbusier [real name - Pierre Jeanneret], Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry. In 2015, an article published by BBC named Chandigarh as one of the perfect cities of the world in terms of architecture, cultural growth and modernisation.[8][9] Chandigarh’s Capitol Complex was in July 2016 declared by UNESCO as World Heritage at the 40th session of World Heritage Conference held in Istanbul, Turkey. UNESCO inscription was under “The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier an outstanding contribution to the Modern Movement”. The Capitol Complex buildings include the Punjab and Haryana High Court, Punjab and Haryana Secretariat and Punjab and Haryana Assembly along with monuments Open hand, Martyrs Memorial, Geometric Hill and Tower of Shadow. The city experiences extreme climate and uneven distribution of rainfall. The roads in Chandigarh are surrounded by trees and it has the third highest forest cover in India at 8.51% following Lakshadweep and Goa.[10][11] The city tops the list of Indian States and Union Territories by per capita income followed by Haryana and Delhi respectively in the country.[12] The city was reported to be the cleanest in India in 2010, based on a national government study.[13][14] In 2016, Chandigarh was declared as the second cleanest city of India under Swachh Bharat Survekshan.[15] The union territory also heads the list of Indian states and territories according to Human Development Index.[16] In 2015, a survey by LG Electronics, ranked Chandigarh as the happiest city in India over the happiness index.[17][18] The metropolitan of Chandigarh-Mohali-Panchkula collectively forms a Tri-city, with a combined population of over 2 million.[19] This is the first smoke-free city in India. Chandigarh has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under PM Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission. However, it was not selected in the list of first 20 smart cities of India. 1967 Chand Goyal BJS 1971 Amar Nath Vidyalankar Indian National Congress 1977 Krishna Kant Janata Party 1980 Jagannath Kaushal Indian National Congress 1984 Jagannath Kaushal Indian National Congress 1989 Harmohan Dhawan Janata Dal 1991 Pawan Kumar Bansal Indian National Congress 1996 Satya Pal Jain Bharatiya Janata Party 1998 Satya Pal Jain Bharatiya Janata Party 1999 Pawan Kumar Bansal Indian National Congress 2004 Pawan Kumar Bansal Indian National Congress 2009 Pawan Kumar Bansal Indian National Congress 2014 Kirron Kher Bharatiya Janata Party Chandigarh Metro